Power plants in Wyoming emit a combined 39.3M metric tons of CO₂ per year. The table below ranks the top emitters — predominantly coal and natural gas plants. Emission rates vary widely even within the same fuel type: efficient combined-cycle gas plants produce roughly 900 lb CO₂/MWh, while older coal plants can exceed 2,200 lb/MWh.
Emissions data comes from the EPA eGRID program. Zero-emission sources (nuclear, solar, wind, hydro) are excluded from this ranking. For methodology details, see the methodology page.
| # | Plant | State | Fuel | CO₂ (tons/yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laramie River Station | Wyoming | Coal | 12.0M |
| 2 | Jim Bridger | Wyoming | Coal | 9.8M |
| 3 | Dave Johnston | Wyoming | Coal | 4.6M |
| 4 | Dry Fork Station | Wyoming | Coal | 3.1M |
| 5 | Naughton | Wyoming | Coal | 2.9M |
| 6 | Wyodak | Wyoming | Coal | 2.4M |
| 7 | Wygen Iii | Wyoming | Coal | 956.6k |
| 8 | Neil Simpson Ii | Wyoming | Coal | 914.1k |
| 9 | Wygen 2 | Wyoming | Coal | 886.9k |
| 10 | Wygen 1 | Wyoming | Coal | 874.1k |
| 11 | Shute Creek Facility | Wyoming | Natural Gas | 307.4k |
| 12 | Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station | Wyoming | Natural Gas | 196.3k |
| 13 | Genesis Alkali | Wyoming | Coal | 145.9k |
| 14 | General Chemical | Wyoming | Coal | 116.8k |
| 15 | Simplot Phosphates | Wyoming | Other Fossil | 29.1k |
| 16 | Big Sand Draw Plant | Wyoming | Natural Gas | 17.3k |
| 17 | Neil Simpson Gas Turbine #2 | Wyoming | Natural Gas | 12.9k |
| 18 | Beaver Creek Gas Plant | Wyoming | Natural Gas | 8.0k |
| 19 | Elk Basin Gasoline Plant | Wyoming | Other Fossil | 2.4k |
| 20 | Barber Creek | Wyoming | Natural Gas | 392 |
| 21 | Hartzog | Wyoming | Natural Gas | 312 |
| 22 | Lake (Wy) | Wyoming | Oil | 229 |
| 23 | Old Faithful | Wyoming | Oil | 227 |
| 24 | Arvada | Wyoming | Natural Gas | 222 |
| 25 | Sinclair Oil Refinery | Wyoming | Other Fossil | 2 |
PowerPlantsNearMe.com. (2026). Most Polluting Power Plants in Wyoming. Derived from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID. Retrieved from https://powerplantsnearme.com/most-polluting-power-plants/wyoming
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