Power plants
Gas power plants in the US
Rare Context lists 645 gas power plants in the United States, with 540,860 MW of capacity between them. The largest is West County Energy Center (4,263 MW).
The 100 largest gas power plants
Sorted by capacity; plants not built yet come after the others. A plant counts under each technology its register gives it.
By region
- Texas100 · 91,231 MW
- California41 · 26,998 MW
- Florida39 · 53,007 MW
- Louisiana33 · 29,424 MW
- Pennsylvania29 · 31,633 MW
- Arizona23 · 17,982 MW
- Ohio22 · 18,543 MW
- Illinois22 · 17,567 MW
- New York21 · 19,268 MW
- Mississippi20 · 16,977 MW
- Georgia19 · 17,300 MW
- Virginia18 · 15,014 MW
- Oklahoma18 · 16,591 MW
- New Jersey17 · 10,548 MW
- Alabama16 · 18,576 MW
- North Carolina15 · 17,230 MW
- Michigan15 · 12,848 MW
- Nevada13 · 8,336 MW
- Indiana12 · 8,721 MW
- Colorado12 · 5,190 MW
- Arkansas11 · 7,554 MW
- Missouri11 · 5,179 MW
- Minnesota11 · 4,811 MW
- Maryland10 · 6,459 MW
- Kentucky9 · 8,279 MW
- New Mexico9 · 3,651 MW
- Iowa8 · 2,799 MW
- Wisconsin7 · 4,455 MW
- South Carolina7 · 6,389 MW
- Tennessee6 · 6,616 MW
- Connecticut6 · 4,049 MW
- Kansas6 · 2,862 MW
- Oregon6 · 3,406 MW
- Massachusetts4 · 2,826 MW
- Washington4 · 1,746 MW
- South Dakota4 · 719 MW
- Utah3 · 2,907 MW
- Delaware3 · 1,960 MW
- Maine3 · 1,278 MW
- North Dakota2 · 2,415 MW
- New Hampshire2 · 1,396 MW
- Rhode Island2 · 1,111 MW
- Nebraska2 · 1,276 MW
- West Virginia2 · 1,098 MW
- Wyoming1 · 2,326 MW
- Alaska1 · 312 MW
Every gas power plant in the United States, with owners.All 645 in one file, each with its capacity and grid status. We research what the public sources leave out.
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- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.