List of power stations in Utah

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Utah, sorted by type and name. In 2019, Utah had a total summer capacity of 8,992 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 39,117 GWh.[2] The corresponding electrical energy generation mix was 64.5% coal, 24.0% natural gas, 5.6% solar, 2.2% hydroelectric, 2.1% wind, 0.8% geothermal, and 0.2% biomass. Waste heat recovered from industrial operations (0.5%) and petroleum-fired peaker plants (0.1%) generated the remainder.[1]

Sources of Utah electricity generation: full-year 2019 [1]

  Coal (64.5%)
  Natural Gas (24.0%)
  Hydroelectric (2.2%)
  Wind (2.1%)
  Biomass (0.2%)
  Solar (5.6%)
  Geothermal (0.8%)
  Waste Heat and Oil (0.6%)

Small-scale solar including customer-owned photovoltaic panels delivered an additional net 460 GWh to Utah's electricity grid in 2019. This compares as less than one-quarter the amount generated by Utah's utility-scale PV plants.[1] Coal previously generated 81% of Utah's electricity in 2013, and has been undergoing a gradual replacement with natural gas and renewables.[3]

Fossil-fuel power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[4]

Coal-fired
Active power plants
Name Operator County Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Initially
opened		 Ref Notes
Bonanza Deseret Power Uintah 40.0864°N 109.2844°W / 40.0864; -109.2844 (Bonanza) 500 1986 [5] Scheduled to shutdown in 2030.
Hunter PacifiCorp Emery 39.1747°N 111.0289°W / 39.1747; -111.0289 (Hunter) 1,320 1978 [6] Scheduled to shutdown in 2042.
Huntington PacifiCorp Emery 39.3792°N 111.0781°W / 39.3792; -111.0781 (Huntington) 1,073 1974 [7] Scheduled to shutdown in 2036.
Intermountain City of Los Angeles Millard 39.5097°N 112.5802°W / 39.5097; -112.5802 (Intermountain) 1,640 1986 Coal plant to shutdown by 2025. New onsite 840 MW combined cycle gas plant will run on 70% natural gas 30% hydrogen by 2025. Eventually will run on 100% green hydrogen stored in underground salt formations.
Sunnyside Colmac Sunnyside Carbon 39.5472°N 110.3917°W / 39.5472; -110.3917 (Sunnyside) 58 1993 [8]
Decommissioned power plants
Name Operator County Capacity
(MW)		 Initially
opened		 Closed Ref
Carbon (Castle Gate) PacifiCorp Carbon 213 1954 2015 [9]
Desert Power Plant DQ Holdings Magcorp, Tooele 43 1999 2008
Kennecott (Units 1-3) Kennecott Utah Copper Salt Lake 100 1943 2016 [10]
Kennecott (Unit 4) Kennecott Utah Copper Salt Lake 75 1960 2019 [11]

Oil-fired
Name Operator County Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Generation
type		 Initially
opened
Bloomington St. George Washington 37.0420°N 113.6267°W / 37.0420; -113.6267 (Bloomington) 10 Reciprocating Engine (x6) 1999
Hurricane City Power Hurricane Washington 37.1856°N 113.2975°W / 37.1856; -113.2975 (Hurricane) 5 Reciprocating Engine (x3) 1999/2001
St. George/Redrock St. George Washington 37.1137°N 113.5689°W / 37.1137; -113.5689 (St. George Redrock) 14 Reciprocating Engine (x2) 1987

Natural gas-fired
Name Operator County Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Generation
type		 Initially
opened		 Ref Note
Bountiful Bountiful City Davis 40.8869°N 111.8853°W / 40.8869; -111.8853 (Bountiful) 27 Simple Cycle (x3) 2001/2012 [12]
Currant Creek PacifiCorp Juab 39.8214°N 111.8934°W / 39.8214; -111.8934 (Currant Creek) 550 2x1 Combined Cycle 2005 [13]
eBay Data Center Bloom Energy Salt Lake 40.5606°N 112.0478°W / 40.5606; -112.0478 (eBay Data Center) 9.8 Bloom Energy Server 2013/2015 [14][15] backup power
using fuel cells
Gadsby PacifiCorp Salt Lake 40.7686°N 111.9289°W / 40.7686; -111.9289 (Gadsby) 353 Simple Cycle (x3) 2002 [16]
Lake Side Power Station PacifiCorp Utah 40.3317°N 111.7542°W / 40.3317; -111.7542 (Lake Side) 1203 2x1 Combined Cycle (x2) 2007/2014 [17]
Logan City City of Logan Cache 41.7258°N 111.8433°W / 41.7258; -111.8433 (Logan City) 13.5 Simple Cycle (x3) 2002
Millcreek St George Water and Energy Services Washington 37.1121°N 113.5166°W / 37.1121; -113.5166 (Millcreek) 80 Simple Cycle (x2) 2006/2010
Murray Murray City Salt Lake 40.6700°N 111.8900°W / 40.6700; -111.8900 (Murray) 36 Simple Cycle (x3) 2001/2002 [18]
Nebo Power Station Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems Utah 40.0614°N 111.7294°W / 40.0614; -111.7294 (Nebo) 150 1x1 Combined Cycle 2004 [19]
Tesoro Refinery Plant Tesoro Corporation Salt Lake 40.7931°N 111.9038°W / 40.7931; -111.9038 (Tesoro Refinery) 22 Simple Cycle (x2) 2004
US Magnesium Plant US Magnesium Tooele 40.9133°N 112.7339°W / 40.9133; -112.7339 (US Magnesium) 33 Simple Cycle (x3) 1972
West Valley Generation Project Utah Municipal Power Agency Salt Lake 40.6667°N 112.0317°W / 40.6667; -112.0317 (West Valley) 189 Simple Cycle (x5) 2001/2002 [20]
Veyo Waste Heat Recovery Utah Municipal Power Agency Washington 37.3480°N 113.7650°W / 37.3480; -113.7650 (Veyo Heat Recovery) 8.4 ORC Generator 2016 [21] waste heat recovery from gas turbines

Renewable power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[4]

Biomass
Name Operator County Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Generation
type		 Fuel Initially
opened		 Ref Note
Blue Mountain Biogas Alpental Energy Partners Beaver 38.1739°N 113.2972°W / 38.1739; -113.2972 (Blue Mountain Biogas) 3.0 Reciprocating Engine (x2) biogas 2012 [22] methane from pig waste
Salt Lake Energy Systems DTE Energy Salt Lake 40.7461°N 112.0339°W / 40.7461; -112.0339 (Salt Lake) 3.1 Reciprocating Engine (x3) landfill gas 2006 [23]
Trans-Jordan Generating Station Granger Waste Services Salt Lake 40.5500°N 112.0631°W / 40.5500; -112.0631 (Trans-Jordan) 4.5 Reciprocating Engine (x3) landfill gas 2009

Geothermal
Name Operator County Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Initially
opened		 Ref
Blundell Geothermal Facility Pacificorp Beaver 38.4889°N 112.8533°W / 38.4889; -112.8533 (Blundell) 34 1984 [24]
Cove Fort Geothermal Power Plant Enel Green Power Beaver 38.5603°N 112.5811°W / 38.5603; -112.5811 (Cove Fort) 25 2013 [25]
Thermo No. 1 Geothermal Project Cyrq Energy Beaver 38.1607°N 113.1945°W / 38.1607; -113.1945 (Thermo No. 1) 14 2008 [26][27][28][29]

Hydroelectric
See also: List of dams and reservoirs in Utah
Name Operator County Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Initially
opened		 Ref
Echo Park Dam U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Uintah 200 Proposed [30]
Flaming Gorge Dam U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Uintah 40.9146°N 109.4217°W / 40.9146; -109.4217 (Flaming Gorge) 152 1964 [31]
Cutler Hydroelectric
Power Plant Historic District		 Pacificorp Box Elder 41.8347°N 112.0521°W / 41.8347; -112.0521 (Cutler) 30 1924 [32]
Jordanelle Dam Hydro Central Utah Water
Conservancy District		 Wasatch 40.5966°N 111.4236°W / 40.5966; -111.4236 (Jordanelle) 12.6 2008 [33]
Olmsted Hydroelectric
Power Plant Historic District		 Rocky Mountain Power Utah 40.3158°N 111.6547°W / 40.3158; -111.6547 (Olmstead) 10.3 1904 [34][35]
Deer Creek Dam Hydro Provo River Water
Users Association		 Wasatch 40.4044°N 111.5284°W / 40.4044; -111.5284 (Deer Creek) 5 1958 [36]
Pioneer Penstock Hydroelectric
Power Plant Historic District		 Pacificorp Weber 41.2436°N 111.9465°W / 41.2436; -111.9465 (Pioneer Penstock) 5 1897 [37]
Little Cottonwood Hydro City of Murray Salt Lake 40.5850°N 111.8006°W / 40.5850; -111.8006 (Little Cottonwood) 4.8 1983 [38]
Echo Dam Hydro City of Bountiful Summit 40.9648°N 111.4339°W / 40.9648; -111.4339 (Echo Dam) 4.4 1987 [39]
Devil's Gate-Weber Hydroelectric
Power Plant		 Pacificorp Wasatch 41.1376°N 111.8849°W / 41.1376; -111.8849 (Devil's Gate-Weber) 3.85 1910 [40]
Spanish Fork Hydro Strawberry Water
Users Association		 Utah 40.0800°N 111.6048°W / 40.0800; -111.6048 (Spanish Fork Hydro) 3.6 1983 [41]
Granite Hydroelectric
Power Plant Historic District		 Rocky Mountain Power Salt Lake 40.6192°N 111.7821°W / 40.6192; -111.7821 (Granite) 2 1897 [42]
Pineview Dam Hydro City of Bountiful Weber 41.2543°N 111.8485°W / 41.2543; -111.8485 (Pineview) 1.8 1991 [43]
Stairs Station Hydroelectric
Power Plant Historic District		 Rocky Mountain Power Salt Lake 40.6236°N 111.7533°W / 40.6236; -111.7533 (Stairs Station) 1.2 1895 [44]
Upper American Fork Hydroelectric
Power Plant Historic District
(decommissioned 2007)		 Rocky Mountain Power Utah 40°26′16″N 111°43′22″W 1.0 1906 [45]

Wind
See also: Wind power in Utah
Name Operator County Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Initially
opened		 Ref
Latigo Wind Park Sustainable Power Group San Juan 37.8867°N 109.3684°W / 37.8867; -109.3684 (Latigo Wind) 62.1 2016 [46][47]
Milford Wind First Wind Beaver, Millard 38.5357°N 112.9350°W / 38.5357; -112.9350 (Milford Wind) 306 2011 [48]
Spanish Fork Wind NRG Energy Utah 40.0714°N 111.5822°W / 40.0714; -111.5822 (Spanish Fork Wind) 18.9 2008 [49]
Tooele Army Depot Wind Tooele Army Depot Tooele 40.5030°N 112.3706°W / 40.5030; -112.3706 (Tooele) 1.7 2016 [50]

Solar photovoltaic
See also: Solar power in Utah
Name Operator County Coordinates Capacity
(MWAC)		 Initially
opened		 Ref Note
Enterprise Solar Farm Swinerton Renewable Energy Iron 37.6411°N 113.6125°W / 37.6411; -113.6125 (Enterprise Solar) 80 2016 [51]
Escalante Solar Project Swinerton Renewable Energy Beaver 38.5008°N 113.0300°W / 38.5008; -113.0300 (Escalante Solar) 240 2016 [51]
Fiddlers Canyon Solar Project SunEdison Iron 37.7503°N 113.2537°W / 37.7503; -113.2537 (Fiddlers Canyon Solar) 9 2016 [52]
Hunter Solar Project Swinerton Renewable Energy Emery 39.1422°N 111.0511°W / 39.1422; -111.0511 (Hunter Solar) 100 2020 [53][54]
Pavant Solar Project juwi Millard 39.1545°N 112.3598°W / 39.1545; -112.3598 (Pavant Solar) 120 2016 [55][56][57][58]
Quichapa Solar Project Brahma Group Iron 37.6582°N 113.2167°W / 37.6582; -113.2167 (Quichapa Solar) 9 2017 [59]
Red Hills Renewable Energy Park Swinerton Renewable Energy Iron 37.8828°N 112.9042°W / 37.8828; -112.9042 (Red Hills Solar) 80 2015 [60][61][62]
Rio Tinto Stadium Array Real Salt Lake Salt Lake 40.5829°N 111.8932°W / 40.5829; -111.8932 (Rio Tinto Solar) 2.0 2015 [63]
Sage Solar First Solar Rich 41.7700°N 111.0600°W / 41.7700; -111.0600 (Sage Solar) 57.6 2019 [64]
Seven Sisters Solar Project TerraForm Power Beaver and Iron various 20.2 2016 [65][66]
Three Cedars Solar Project Swinerton Renewable Energy Iron 37.7212°N 113.1516°W / 37.7212; -113.1516 (Three Cedars Solar) 210 2016 [51]
Three Peaks Solar Facility Swinerton Renewable Energy Iron 37.8271°N 113.1371°W / 37.8271; -113.1371 (Three Peaks Solar) 80 2016 [61][67]

Nuclear power stations

Although there are currently no nuclear power stations in Utah, the Blue Castle Project is working through the process of building the state's first nuclear power plant near Green River, Utah. It is projected to be completed in 2030.[69]

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