🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in Wyoming
Wyoming operates 9 natural gas power plants totaling 399 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 1.4M 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
Capacity398 MWnameplate
Generation1.4M MWhannual
All Wyoming natural gas plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shute Creek Facility | Kemmerer | Lincoln County | 144 MW | Exxon Mobil Production Co |
| Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station | Cheyenne | Laramie County | 140 MW | Black Hills Service Company Llc |
| Neil Simpson Gas Turbine #2 | Gillette | Campbell County | 40 MW | Black Hills Power, Inc. |
| Hartzog | Wright | Campbell County | 23 MW | Basin Electric Power Coop |
| Barber Creek | Gillette | Campbell County | 23 MW | Basin Electric Power Coop |
| Arvada | Arvada | Sheridan County | 15 MW | Basin Electric Power Coop |
| Big Sand Draw Plant | Riverton | Fremont County | 8 MW | Denbury Inc |
| Beaver Creek Gas Plant | Riverton | Fremont County | 7 MW | Denbury Inc |
| Western Sugar Coop - Torrington | Torrington | Goshen County | — | Western Sugar Cooperative |