The Dogwood Energy Facility is a clean, modern natural-gas fueled power plant that provides 704 MW of reliable electricity to Kansas City and the broader Southwest Power Pool (SPP) region.
NOTE REGARDING THE SOFOS PROPOSED BATTERY FACILITY: Dogwood Energy has been a member of the Pleasant Hill and Cass County communities for over 20 years. We have received several questions from the community recently and felt it important to clarify we have no affiliation – business or otherwise – with the battery storage project that is being proposed for the area adjacent to our facility. We understand the project’s use of the Dogwood name has caused confusion and have asked that Sofos cease using our name – which they committed to doing during the Cass County Planning Board hearing on October 27, 2026.
Dogwood Energy recognizes the ongoing need for power infrastructure development to meet growing power needs. Development projects should take care to address local concerns while also complying with all appropriate jurisdictional zoning and other regulations, power market regulations, and good engineering, construction and safety practices.
Located in Pleasant Hill, Missouri, Dogwood uses highly efficient combined-cycle technology based on two Siemens Westinghouse 501F combustion turbines that began commercial operations in 2003 and have been upgraded to Siemens’ latest technology.
Dogwood supplies enough electric energy in a year to meet the needs of 250,000 homes.
The Facility’s majority owners are five public power utilities that serve a multitude of municipalities in Missouri and Kansas. Evergy Missouri West is also a co-owner.
The Dogwood business is managed and operated on the owners’ behalf by Dogwood Power Management—an experienced independent power asset management company.
The Dogwood Facility supplies reliable and efficient baseload power to the regional SPP power grid. Dogwood can also change its output quickly to balance the dynamic electrical system needs created by variable production from renewable supplies such as wind and solar generation.
Reliability, Efficiency, & Environmental Responsibility
Local Public Power Ownership
We’re owned by public power organizations in Missouri and Kansas.
