# Hawthorn

SPP asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/hawthorn

Evergy Metro, Inc. - Jackson County - SPP

Hawthorn is an operating five-generator electric generating station at 8700 Hawthorne Road in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, owned and operated by Evergy Metro, Inc. (d/b/a Evergy Missouri Metro). The 1,046.2 MW fleet comprises Unit 5, a 569 MW conventional steam coal generator using subbituminous coal with natural-gas startup and cofiring capability; Unit 6, a 170 MW natural-gas-fired combined-cycle generator; Units 7 and 8, each 82.2 MW natural-gas-fired combustion turbines designed for peaking service; and Unit 9, a 142.8 MW natural-gas-fired combined-cycle steam generator with supplemental duct firing. The station entered service in May 1969.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 1046.2 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 2079 — plant-2079

## Facts

- **Technology:** Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine, Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle, Conventional Steam Coal
- **Operator:** Evergy Metro, Inc.

## Related parties

- **Former owner / operator:** Kansas City Power & Light Company — predecessor owner ([source](https://investors.evergy.com))
- **Financial advisor / construction partner:** Burns & McDonnell — owner's consulting engineer ([source](https://www.burnsmcd.com))
- **EPC contractor / construction contractor / equipment supplier:** Babcock & Wilcox — boiler EPC contractor and supplier ([source](https://www.babcock.com))
- **Equipment supplier:** General Electric — steam-turbine supplier
- **Equipment supplier:** General Electric — combustion-turbine supplier

## Sources

- [investors.evergy.com](https://investors.evergy.com/static-files/b037028b-27bd-4717-98e0-530d1f7fa251) — investors.evergy.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [mbrweb.ferc.gov](https://mbrweb.ferc.gov/SearchlkpEIA/Index?page=228) — mbrweb.ferc.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/hawthorn
Website: [Evergy Metro, Inc.](https://www.evergy.com)

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