Power Plants Near 59019 — Columbus, MT

22 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 59019 (Columbus, Montana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.6262, -109.2571 · County: Stillwater

Wind 49%Natural Gas 28%Solar 11%Oil 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
15.8 mi	River Bend Solar, Llc (Mt) Reed Point, MT	Solar	2 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
19.7 mi	Stillwater Wind, Llc Reed Point, MT	Wind	80 MW	Pattern Operators Lp
24.1 mi	Yellowstone County Generating Station Laurel, MT	Natural Gas	207 MW	Northwestern Energy (Mt Wind/Thermal)
24.7 mi	Big Timber Wind Farm Big Timber, MT	Wind	25 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
25.6 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Facility Big Timber, MT	Wind	—	Puget Sound Energy Inc
28.2 mi	Beartooth Energy Storage Llc Billings, MT	Battery Storage	—	Beartooth Energy Storage, Llc
29.4 mi	South Dry Creek Hydro Red Lodge, MT	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Hydrodynamics Inc
35.4 mi	Mtsun Billings, MT	Solar	80 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
37.0 mi	Mystic Fishtail, MT	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Northwestern Energy (Mt Hydro)
37.3 mi	Horse Thief Wind Project, Llc Bridger, MT	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
37.8 mi	Western Sugar Cooperative - Billings Billings, MT	Coal	2 MW	Western Sugar Cooperative - Billings
38.4 mi	Phillips 66 Billings Refinery Billings, MT	Other Fossil	2 MW	Phillips 66 Billings Refinery
38.8 mi	J E Corette Plant Billings, MT	Coal	—	Talen Montana Llc
39.4 mi	Two Dot Wind Broadview East Llc Broadview, MT	Wind	2 MW	Two Dot Wind Broadview East Llc
42.0 mi	Pryor Mountain Wind Bridger, MT	Wind	240 MW	Pacificorp
42.0 mi	Yellowstone Energy Lp Billings, MT	Oil	68 MW	Yellowstone Energy Lp
45.6 mi	Mud Springs Wind Project, Llc Bridger, MT	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
46.1 mi	Musselshell Wind Project Shawmut, MT	Wind	10 MW	Musselshell Wind Project Llc
46.1 mi	Musselshell Wind Project Two Llc Shawmut, MT	Wind	10 MW	Musselshell Wind Project Two Llc
46.9 mi	Crazy Mountain Wind Llc Springdale, MT	Wind	—	Pattern Operators Lp
48.5 mi	Magpie Solar, Llc Lavina, MT	Solar	3 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
48.9 mi	Elk Basin Gasoline Plant Powell, WY	Other Fossil	2 MW	Contango Oil And Gas

Power generation near this area

There are 22 power plants within 50 miles of Columbus, Montana (ZIP 59019), with a combined 745 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 22 nearby plants. The closest plant is River Bend Solar, Llc (Mt) at 15.8 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Montana, visit the Montana state page.

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