🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in Idaho
Idaho operates 9 natural gas power plants totaling 1,254 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 5.6M MWh.
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.
Plants9operating
Capacity1,254 MWnameplate
Generation5.6M MWhannual
All Idaho natural gas plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langley Gulch Power Plant | New Plymouth | Payette County | 319 MW | Idaho Power Co |
| Rathdrum Power Llc | Rathdrum | Kootenai County | 302 MW | Rathdrum Power Llc |
| Evander Andrews Power Complex | Mountain Home | Elmore County | 271 MW | Idaho Power Co |
| Bennett Mountain | Mountain Home | Elmore County | 173 MW | Idaho Power Co |
| Rathdrum | Rathdrum | Kootenai County | 166 MW | Avista Corp |
| Amalgamated Sugar Twin Falls | Twin Falls | Twin Falls County | 10 MW | The Amalgamated Sugar Co |
| Amalgamated Sugar Llc Nampa | Nampa | Canyon County | 8 MW | Amalgamated Sugar Co-Nampa |
| Byui Central Energy Facility | Rexburg | Madison County | 6 MW | Brigham Young Univ Idaho |
| Idaho Falls Power Peaking Plant | Idaho Falls | Bonneville County | — | City Of Idaho Falls - (Id) |