🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in Utah
Utah operates 26 natural gas power plants totaling 2,991 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 11.8M 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.
Plants26operating
Capacity2,990 MWnameplate
Generation11.8M MWhannual
All Utah natural gas plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Side Power Plant | Vineyard | Utah County | 1,247 MW | Pacificorp |
| Currant Creek | Mona | Juab County | 567 MW | Pacificorp |
| Gadsby | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake County | 433 MW | Pacificorp |
| West Valley Generation Project | West Valley City | Salt Lake County | 217 MW | Utah Municipal Power Agency |
| Nebo Power Station | Payson | Utah County | 140 MW | Utah Associated Mun Power Sys |
| Millcreek Power Generation | St. George | Washington County | 80 MW | City Of St George |
| Us Magnesium | Rowley | Tooele County | 48 MW | Us Magnesium |
| Murray Turbine | Murray | Salt Lake County | 42 MW | City Of Murray - (Ut) |
| Whitehead | Springville | Utah County | 31 MW | City Of Springville - (Ut) |
| Bountiful City | Bountiful | Davis County | 30 MW | City Of Bountiful |
| Tesoro Slc Cogeneration Plant | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake County | 30 MW | Tesoro Refng Marketing Co Mntn Region |
| Heber City | Heber City | Wasatch County | 17 MW | Heber Light & Power Company |
| Byu Central Heating Plant | Provo | Utah County | 17 MW | Brigham Young University (Byu) |
| Logan City | Logan | Cache County | 16 MW | City Of Logan - (Ut) |
| Hurricane City Power | Hurricane | Washington County | 15 MW | Hurricane City Power |
| Solomon Generating Facility | St. George | Washington County | 15 MW | Deseret Generation & Tran Coop |
| Provo Power Plant | Provo | Utah County | 12 MW | Utah Municipal Power Agency |
| Payson | Payson | Utah County | 10 MW | Payson City Corporation |
| Htw Plant 303 Cogen | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake County | 7 MW | The University Of Utah |
| Snowbird Power Plant | Snowbird | Salt Lake County | 7 MW | Snowbird Corporation |
| Washington City Electric Generation | Washington | Washington County | 6 MW | City Of Washington - (Ut) |
| Central Energy Plant Usu | Logan | Cache County | 5 MW | Utah State University |
| Murray City | Murray | Salt Lake County | — | City Of Murray - (Ut) |
| Little Mountain | Ogden | Weber County | — | Pacificorp |
| Ebay - South Jordan | South Jordan | Salt Lake County | — | Bloom Energy |
| Logan City 2 | Logan | Cache County | — | City Of Logan - (Ut) |