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Chanute 3 — Plant Summary

EIA Plant ID: 7018
Capacity: 34.8 MW
Primary Fuel: Natural Gas
Technology: Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine, Petroleum Liquids
Status: Operating
Location: Neosho, KS
Operating Since: 1985
Generators: 5
Operator: City of Chanute
Parent Company: City of Chanute
Annual Generation: 715.01 MWh
Capacity Factor: 0.2%
Balancing Authority: Southwest Power Pool
ISO/RTO: SPP
NERC Region: MRO

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Chanute 3

OperatingDistillate OilNatural GasHybrid

Ranked #25 of 60 Natural Gas plants in KS#1228 of 2009 nationally

34.8 MW Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine (23 MW) + Petroleum Liquids (12 MW) operating in Neosho, KS — Southwest Power Pool

EIAWD

34.8 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

units

Hybrid (2)

Technology

Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine + Petroleum Liquids

1985

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

37.6376, -95.4702

County

Neosho, KS

Nearby Plants

Chanute Solar
Solar6 MW · 0.2 km
Chanute 2
Natural Gas64 MW · 6.5 km
Urbana-Heartland
Solar1 MW · 9.7 km

Ownership & Operator

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	City of Chanute	City of Chanute	—
Owner(s)	City of Chanute	City of Chanute	—
Status	Operating	—	—

Ownership Chain

About

Chanute 3 is a 34.8 MW hybrid power plant located in Neosho County, Kansas. The plant, owned and operated by the City of Chanute, began operations in 1985 and primarily uses natural gas as fuel, with petroleum liquids also listed as a fuel type. The facility consists of 5 generators utilizing natural gas internal combustion engine technology. Chanute 3 operates within the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) balancing authority and the Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO) NERC region.

In the most recent year with available data, Chanute 3 generated 715 MWh of electricity, resulting in a capacity factor of 0.2%. The plant is ranked as the 23rd largest in Kansas out of 53 plants and 1213th nationally out of 1963 plants.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources

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Engineering & Generators

Grid Context

NERC Region

MRO

Balancing Authority

Southwest Power Pool

Grid Voltage

69 kV

Regulatory Status

Entity Type

Municipal

Sector

Electric Utility

Generation

48 MWh

Latest Month

715 MWh

Annual Generation

0.2%

Capacity Factor

Jan 2022 – Dec 2024

Financial Data

No financial data available for this plant.

Pricing & Market Data

HIGH confidence

Point of Interconnection

Nearest Substation

Chanute 3 Substation · 69 kV

Substation Distance

< 10 km

Operator

Evergy

Coord Source

OSM spatial

Market Position

ISO/RTO Market

SPP

LMP Node

—

Pricing Hub

SPP North Hub

Node Source

OSM spatial match

Substation identified. Node ID not yet resolved against ISO roster.

Chanute 2 SubstationSubstation

News & Articles (9)Beta

Hazards·wildfire

Red Flag Warning: Woodson; Allen; Wilson; Neosho; Montgomery; Labette

Red Flag Warning issued March 21 at 12:25PM CDT until March 22 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS

NWS Wichita KS (other)

NWS Wichita KS·5 days ago

Grid·capacity addition

Council OKs generators purchase

Mike Phillips generated some excitement at Monday's Iola City Council meeting. Council members signed off on Phillips's request to pursue a...

Mike Phillips (other)Iola City Council (other)

The Iola Register·4 months ago

Industry·partnership

City of Chanute moves forward with new Evergy solar farm, CRDA sales tax question

Commissioners accepted a special use permit authorized by the Chanute Planning Commission to build a new solar farm near Power Plant 3.

City of Chanute (developer)Evergy (developer)

The Chanute Tribune·8 months ago

General

Darrell Newkirk Obituary April 29, 2011

Darrell Rex Newkirk, 78, of Humboldt, Kansas, died Friday, April 29, 2011, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center St. Francis Campus in Wichita, Kansas.

Feuerborn Family Funeral Service·1 years ago

Last updated 2026-03-21

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