In 2022, Missouri had a total summer capacity of 21,128 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 79,361 GWh.
[2] In 2023, the state's electrical energy generation mix was 60.1% coal, 13.7% nuclear, 13.6% natural gas, 10.1% wind, 2% hydroelectric, 0.3% solar, 0.2% biomass, and 0.1% petroleum.
[1] Small-scale solar, which includes customer-owned photovoltaic panels, delivered an additional net 721 GWh of energy to the state's electrical grid in 2023.
[4] According to the Sierra Club, as of 2016 there were a total of 16 coal-fired power plants in Missouri, a decrease from 2012, when there were 23.
[7] The Missouri Department of Natural Resources reports that the state has nine pumped-storage hydroelectricity facilities and 20 conventional hydroelectric plants; the latter include the Bagnell Dam on the Osage River, which has a capacity of 176 MW,[14] and the Table Rock Dam on the White River, close to Branson.