# Iatan Generating Station

SPP asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/iatan-generating-station

Two-unit coal station near Weston, Missouri

Iatan Generating Station is Evergy Metro's two-unit coal plant near Weston, Missouri. EIA reports 1,753.9 MW total nameplate and 1,616.4 MW summer capability across Unit 1 (1980) and Unit 2 (2010). Unit 2 uses an Alstom supercritical boiler and Toshiba turbine-generator; Evergy Metro operates both jointly owned units.

## Profile

- **Station capacity:** EIA reports 1,753.9 MW total nameplate and 1,616.4 MW summer capability across the two units.
- **Unit 2 equipment:** Unit 2 uses an Alstom supercritical boiler and Toshiba turbine-generator.

## Metrics

- **Station nameplate:** 1,753.9 MW — Unit 1 at 754.9 MW plus Unit 2 at 999 MW in EIA records.
- **Summer capability:** 1,616.4 MW — Unit 1 at 716.7 MW plus Unit 2 at 899.7 MW in EIA records.
- **Unit 1 ratings:** 754.9 MW nameplate — 716.7 MW EIA capability and 694 MW Missouri PSC net basis.
- **Unit 2 ratings:** 999 MW nameplate — 899.7 MW EIA capability, 900 MW Missouri PSC net, and 850 MW Evergy public basis.

## Facts

- **EIA operator:** Evergy Metro — June 2026 preliminary EIA inventory; status OP.
- **Location:** near Weston · Platte · MO
- **Technology:** Conventional steam coal
- **Operating records:** 1980-05, 2010-08

## Related parties

- **operator / Unit 1 owner / Unit 2 owner:** Evergy Metro — 2025 EIA-860 Early Release ([source](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/xls/eia8602025ER.zip))
- **owner:** Evergy Missouri West — 2025 EIA-860 Early Release ([source](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/xls/eia8602025ER.zip))
- **owner:** Empire District Electric Company — 2025 EIA-860 Early Release ([source](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/xls/eia8602025ER.zip))
- **owner:** Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission — 2025 EIA-860 Early Release ([source](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/xls/eia8602025ER.zip))
- **owner:** Kansas Electric Power Cooperative — 2025 EIA-860 Early Release ([source](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/xls/eia8602025ER.zip))

## Sources

- [June 2026 EIA-860M generator inventory](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/xls/june_generator2026.xlsx) — U.S. Energy Information Administration · authoritative — Current generator capacity, technology, operating status, operator, and service-date records.
- [Iatan Generating Station tour materials](https://efis.psc.mo.gov/Document/Display/54454) — Missouri Public Service Commission · authoritative — Unit 2 uses an Alstom supercritical boiler and Toshiba turbine-generator.

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