Power Plants Near 59041 — Joliet, MT

18 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 59041 (Joliet, Montana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.4941, -108.9922 · County: Carbon

Wind 48%Natural Gas 29%Solar 11%Oil 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.0 mi	Yellowstone County Generating Station Laurel, MT	Natural Gas	207 MW	Northwestern Energy (Mt Wind/Thermal)
21.6 mi	South Dry Creek Hydro Red Lodge, MT	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Hydrodynamics Inc
22.2 mi	Horse Thief Wind Project, Llc Bridger, MT	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
24.0 mi	Beartooth Energy Storage Llc Billings, MT	Battery Storage	—	Beartooth Energy Storage, Llc
27.0 mi	Pryor Mountain Wind Bridger, MT	Wind	240 MW	Pacificorp
30.3 mi	Western Sugar Cooperative - Billings Billings, MT	Coal	2 MW	Western Sugar Cooperative - Billings
30.7 mi	Mud Springs Wind Project, Llc Bridger, MT	Wind	—	Big Sky Wind, Llc
31.1 mi	Phillips 66 Billings Refinery Billings, MT	Other Fossil	2 MW	Phillips 66 Billings Refinery
31.3 mi	River Bend Solar, Llc (Mt) Reed Point, MT	Solar	2 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
31.3 mi	Mtsun Billings, MT	Solar	80 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
31.4 mi	J E Corette Plant Billings, MT	Coal	—	Talen Montana Llc
34.7 mi	Stillwater Wind, Llc Reed Point, MT	Wind	80 MW	Pattern Operators Lp
35.0 mi	Yellowstone Energy Lp Billings, MT	Oil	68 MW	Yellowstone Energy Lp
36.2 mi	Elk Basin Gasoline Plant Powell, WY	Other Fossil	2 MW	Contango Oil And Gas
40.1 mi	Beaver Creek Wind Facility Big Timber, MT	Wind	—	Puget Sound Energy Inc
40.4 mi	Big Timber Wind Farm Big Timber, MT	Wind	25 MW	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.
41.7 mi	Mystic Fishtail, MT	Hydroelectric	12 MW	Northwestern Energy (Mt Hydro)
43.0 mi	Two Dot Wind Broadview East Llc Broadview, MT	Wind	2 MW	Two Dot Wind Broadview East Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 18 power plants within 50 miles of Joliet, Montana (ZIP 59041), with a combined 722 MW of nameplate capacity. Wind is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 18 nearby plants. The closest plant is Yellowstone County Generating Station at 16.0 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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