Power Plants Near 59079 — Shepherd, MT

12 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 59079 (Shepherd, Montana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.9461, -108.3426 · County: Yellowstone

Hydroelectric 37%Natural Gas 27%Coal 15%Solar 11%Oil 9%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
10.2 mi	Yellowstone Energy Lp Billings, MT	Oil	68 MW	Yellowstone Energy Lp
13.5 mi	J E Corette Plant Billings, MT	Coal	—	Talen Montana Llc
13.7 mi	Phillips 66 Billings Refinery Billings, MT	Other Fossil	2 MW	Phillips 66 Billings Refinery
13.9 mi	Mtsun Billings, MT	Solar	80 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
14.6 mi	Western Sugar Cooperative - Billings Billings, MT	Coal	2 MW	Western Sugar Cooperative - Billings
21.2 mi	Beartooth Energy Storage Llc Billings, MT	Battery Storage	—	Beartooth Energy Storage, Llc
24.7 mi	Two Dot Wind Broadview East Llc Broadview, MT	Wind	2 MW	Two Dot Wind Broadview East Llc
28.2 mi	Yellowstone County Generating Station Laurel, MT	Natural Gas	207 MW	Northwestern Energy (Mt Wind/Thermal)
37.2 mi	Magpie Solar, Llc Lavina, MT	Solar	3 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
37.3 mi	South Mills Solar, Llc Hardin, MT	Solar	3 MW	Adapture Renewables, Inc.
38.0 mi	Hardin Generator Project Hardin, MT	Coal	116 MW	Heorot Power Management
47.9 mi	Yellowtail Hardin, MT	Hydroelectric	278 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation

Power generation near this area

There are 12 power plants within 50 miles of Shepherd, Montana (ZIP 59079), with a combined 760 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 3 of the 12 nearby plants. The closest plant is Yellowstone Energy Lp at 10.2 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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