🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in Montana

Montana operates 7 natural gas power plants totaling 699 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 996.5k 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.

Plants7operating
Capacity698 MWnameplate
Generation996.5k MWhannual

Where natural gas plants sit in Montana

All Montana natural gas plants

PlantCityCountyCapacityOperator
Yellowstone County Generating StationLaurelYellowstone County207 MWNorthwestern Energy (Mt Wind/Thermal)
Dave Gates Generating StationAnacondaDeer Lodge County203 MWNorthwestern Energy (Mt Wind/Thermal)
Culbertson Generation StationCulbertsonRoosevelt County108 MWBasin Electric Power Coop
Glendive GtGlendiveDawson County84 MWMontana-Dakota Utilities Co
Basin Creek PlantButteSilver Bow County55 MWBasin Creek Power Services Llc
Miles City GtMiles CityCuster County23 MWMontana-Dakota Utilities Co
Lewis & ClarkRichlandRichland County19 MWMontana-Dakota Utilities Co

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