The Missouri Public Utility Alliance broke ground on the Fulton Energy Center on June 10.
The Fulton Energy Center is part of MPUA’s “Building MO Power” initiative, a long-term strategy to advance Missouri through local energy resilience.
Guest speakers at the event included Kurt Schaefer, Director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources; Representative Jim Schulte; and Darrell Dunlap, City of Fulton Superintendent of Utilities.
The power generated at the energy center through natural gas will be supplied to 35 wholesale power pool members across the state, as well as Fulton, Hannibal, and New Madrid. The project is part of MPUA’s effort to provide Missouri communities with affordable, reliable, and locally supported electricity, it noted.
Once operational, the Center will provide approximately 16 megawatts of electric capacity during the winter months and 15 megawatts in the summer. Construction will begin this summer, and the facility will be operational in the fourth quarter of 2027.
“Municipal utilities across the state need electricity for the future. Projects like this help position hometown utilities for success by providing dependable generation resources in Missouri that support affordable and reliable utility service,” said Steve Stodden, MPUA President & CEO.
Construction will create local job opportunities within Missouri, and the project will incorporate U.S.-sourced turbines and equipment to support domestic production and infrastructure, MPUA noted.
The Fulton Energy Center is part of a series of generation projects MPUA is developing in partnership with municipal utilities "to help meet people’s energy needs, support long-term reliability, and provide operational flexibility for hometown utilities serving communities throughout the state," MPUA said.
These goals were identified in MPUA’s 2025 Integrated Resource Plan, which identified near-term electric capacity shortfalls that MPUA is working to address.
Missouri cities served by the Fulton Energy Center: Ava, Bethany, Butler, Carrollton, Chillicothe, El Dorado Springs, Farmington, Fayette, Fredericktown, Fulton, Gallatin, Hannibal, Harrisonville, Hermann, Higginsville, Jackson, Lamar, La Plata, Lebanon, Macon, Marshall, Memphis, Monroe City, New Madrid, Odessa, Palmyra, Rock Port, Rolla, St. James, Salisbury, Shelbina, Stanberry, Thayer, Trenton, Unionville, Vandalia, Waynesville.
