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Bird City

Bird City is a 2.0 MW operating oil-fired power plant in Cheyenne County, Kansas, operated by Midwest Energy Inc - (KS).

Plant statusOperating
  1. Planning (completed)
  2. Consented (completed)
  3. Construction (completed)
  4. OperatingJan 1965 (current stage)
  5. Closed (not yet reached)

This plant has generators at more than one stage; see the table below.

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Generators

Each generating unit EIA lists at this plant.

UnitTechnologyCapacityStatusOnlineRetired / planned retirement
1Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW OperatingJan 1965
2Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW Out of service long-termJan 1966

Plant details

Operator
Midwest Energy Inc - (KS)
Location
Cheyenne County, Kansas
Balancing authority
SWPP
Sector
Electric Utility
Capacity
Operating: 2.0 MW
Out of service: 2.0 MW
First unit online
Jan 1965
EIA plant ID
1224

Location

39.7581, -101.5319

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, September 2026. Planned dates are targets reported by the developer and often change. Report a problem