🔥 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
Where natural gas plants sit in Idaho
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) |