Hawthorn

Hawthorn — 1,046 MW hybrid plant, Jackson County, MO · Ask the Grid

Generation and physical site

EIA plant 2079 · Inventory for Aug 2026.

Reported operating nameplate by technology

Coal: 569 MW
Natural gas: 477.2 MW

Operating generators only. Battery power is in MW; stored energy is in MWh. These ratings do not establish a shared export limit.

Generator records (5)

EIA generator status and nameplate capacity for Hawthorn
Generator	Technology	Status	Power (MW)	Energy (MWh)
5	Conventional Steam Coal	Operating	569	Unknown
6	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	Operating	170	Unknown
7	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	Operating	82.2	Unknown
8	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine	Operating	82.2	Unknown
9	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle	Operating	142.8	Unknown

Physical map location · OpenStreetMap: 39.12759, -94.48003
Filed location · EIA: 39.13060, -94.47780

Sources and observation dates

Inventory source: EIA-860M workbook (preliminary)
EIA reporting month: Aug 2026
EIA retrieved: Oct 10, 2026
OSM extract: Oct 9, 2026
OSM last mapped edit: Nov 24, 2023
Map prepared: Oct 10, 2026
Field verification: Not reported

Reporting month describes the inventory. Retrieval and map preparation describe processing; an OSM edit does not establish an in-service date.

EIA source inventory

Units and generators

Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
5	569 MW 561.1 MW summer	Conventional Steam Coal Subbituminous Coal · ST	May 1969	Operating
6	170 MW 131.6 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CT	Jun 1997	Operating
7	82.2 MW 78.3 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT	May 2000	Operating
8	82.2 MW 79.1 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas · GT	Jul 2000	Operating
9	142.8 MW 110.2 MW summer	Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas · CA	Jul 2000	Operating

Related parties and identifiers

Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.

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Parties and identifiers

OrganizationRoleBasis

Kansas City Power & Light CompanyFormer owner / operatorpredecessor owner

Burns & McDonnellFinancial advisor / construction partnerowner's consulting engineer

Reporting portfolio

EIA reporting entity

Evergy Metro

Entity 10000

Operating portfolio

8 plants

2 states

Reported capacity

5,607.5 MW

Conventional Steam Coal · Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle · Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine

Largest reported plants in this portfolio
Largest reported plants	Capacity	State
Iatan	1,753.9 MW	MO
La Cygne	1,598.9 MW	KS
HawthornCurrent	1,046.2 MW	MO
Northeast (MO)	540 MW	MO
West Gardner	408 MW	KS
Spearville	148.5 MW	KS

Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

May 1969
May 1969
Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 5 with this operating date.
Jun 1997
Jun 1997
Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 6 with this operating date.
Feb 17, 1999
Feb 17, 1999
Unit 5 boiler explosionbabcock.com
Explosion during maintenance outage destroyed the original Unit 5 boiler, forcing immediate shutdown. Unit 5 remained out of service until June 2001.
Aug 1999
Aug 1999
Unit 5 rebuild contract orderbabcock.com
Babcock & Wilcox released to design, supply, erect, and commission complete replacement boiler island for Unit 5 on accelerated schedule (22 months to commercial operation).
May 2000
May 2000
Generator enters operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 7 with this operating date.
Jul 2000
Jul 2000
Generators enter operationEIA-860
EIA-860 lists generator 8, generator 9 with this operating date.

Sources

PublisherReferenceType

U.S. Energy Information AdministrationEIA-860 generator inventoryFederal registry

U.S. Energy Information AdministrationEIA-923 generation filingsFederal filing

investors.evergy.cominvestors.evergy.compublic_source

Common questions about Hawthorn

Answered from the published record above. Questions whose inputs this profile does not carry are omitted rather than estimated.

How big is Hawthorn?

Hawthorn reports 569 MW coal + 477.2 MW natural gas of operating nameplate capacity. These technology ratings do not establish a common export limit. Source: EIA Aug 2026.

What kind of plant is Hawthorn?

Hawthorn is a Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine, Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle, Conventional Steam Coal facility in Jackson County, MO, participating in the SPP market.

Where is Hawthorn located?

Hawthorn is in Jackson County, MO, inside the SPP balancing area.

Who operates Hawthorn?

Hawthorn is operated by Evergy Metro according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

How much electricity does Hawthorn generate?

Hawthorn reported 2,811.5 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-07. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

How does Hawthorn compare to other plants?

By capacity, Hawthorn ranks #116 of 205 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #6 of 8 in MO.

Co-located assets

Plants within 25 km, nearest first, regardless of technology. Proximity is straight-line distance between mapped plant coordinates; it does not by itself establish a shared point of interconnection.

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