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EIA plant 210

Burlington · Coffey · KS

Wolf Creek Generating Station

Operated by Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp

Annual generation9,204,226 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesNUCCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextSouthwest Power PoolBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Wolf Creek Generating Station?

This locator uses the coordinates in the approved source record. It shows geographic context, not a site boundary, safety zone or property-risk area.

38.239260, -95.689780

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyNuclear1,296.3 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

1912,547
2854,149
3784,864
4-4,307
5576,464
6867,252
7892,065
8766,454
9870,276
10887,929
11883,697
12912,836

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
1912,547
2854,149
3784,864
4-4,307
5576,464
6867,252
7892,065
8766,454
9870,276
10887,929
11883,697
12912,836

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1912,547 MWh
2854,149 MWh
3784,864 MWh
4-4,307 MWh
5576,464 MWh
6867,252 MWh
7892,065 MWh
8766,454 MWh
9870,276 MWh
10887,929 MWh
11883,697 MWh
12912,836 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1NuclearNUC1,296.3OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
210
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Wolf Creek Cooling Lake
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 11 numeric monthly generation entries, 12 has the highest recorded value (912,836 MWh) and 5 the lowest (576,464 MWh). Their difference is 336,372 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Nuclear1296.31176.71255.050.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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