Augusta Electric Plant No 2
Butler County, Kansas · EIA plant ID 6791 · Operator: City of Augusta - (KS)
Nameplate21MWSummer 20 MW
Generators4in service
Net generation1GWh12 mo to Dec 2025
Capacity factor0%gas/coal/oil units, summer MW
Heat rate19,227Btu/kWhfossil units, electric fuel, HHV
First online1968Runs as rarely runs
Monthly net generation
EIA-923, all units at the plant. Net of station use; storage can go negative.
FinalPreliminary
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), gas/coal/oil units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
Heat rate by year
Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Annual data table
| Year | Net GWh | Capacity factor | Heat rate (Btu/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4.7 | 3.9% | 11,121 |
| 2002 | 5.9 | 4.8% | 11,075 |
| 2003 | 3.9 | 3.1% | 9,705 |
| 2004 | 2.6 | 2.1% | 13,815 |
| 2005 | 8.2 | 4.8% | 11,714 |
| 2006 | 2.4 | 1.3% | 14,741 |
| 2007 | 0.1 | 0.1% | — |
| 2008 | -1.4 | -0.8% | — |
| 2009 | 2.2 | 1.2% | 14,909 |
| 2010 | -1.1 | -0.6% | — |
| 2011 | -0.8 | -0.4% | — |
| 2012 | -0.8 | -0.4% | — |
| 2013 | -0.9 | -0.5% | — |
| 2014 | -0.6 | -0.3% | — |
| 2015 | -0.6 | -0.3% | — |
| 2016 | -0.3 | -0.1% | — |
| 2017 | -0.8 | -0.4% | — |
| 2018 | 1.9 | 1.1% | 14,665 |
| 2019 | 1.3 | 0.8% | 15,687 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 0.2% | — |
| 2021 | 2.9 | 1.7% | 12,502 |
| 2022 | 1.9 | 1.1% | 17,920 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 0.8% | 16,413 |
| 2024 | 1.6 | 0.9% | 15,860 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 0.5% | 19,227 |
Generators
EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
| Gen ID | Technology | Prime mover | Nameplate MW | Summer MW | Online | Status | Planned retirement | OEM / model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | IC | 4 | 4 | Oct 1968 | Operating | — | coming soon |
| 2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | IC | 4 | 4 | Jul 1968 | Operating | — | coming soon |
| 3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | IC | 6 | 6 | Jul 1981 | Operating | — | coming soon |
| 4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | IC | 6.7 | 6.1 | Mar 2005 | Operating | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: City of Augusta - (KS). Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| City of Augusta - (KS) | 100.0% | 21 MW |
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Augusta Electric Plant No 1 | 11 MW | 1 km |
| Prairie Sky Solar Farm | 1 MW | 12.1 km |
| El Dorado Refinery | 39 MW | 14.2 km |
| Mulvane 2 | 9 MW | 31.3 km |
| DeGraff Butler Electric | 1 MW | 34.5 km |
| Elk River Wind | 150 MW | 38.4 km |