Power Plants Near 59750 — Butte, MT

4 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 59750 (Butte, Montana). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 46.0033, -112.7159 · County: Silver Bow

Natural Gas 99%
DistancePlantFuelCapacityOperator
10.4 miDave Gates Generating Station
Anaconda, MT
Natural Gas203 MWNorthwestern Energy (Mt Wind/Thermal)
10.7 miBasin Creek Plant
Butte, MT
Natural Gas55 MWBasin Creek Power Services Llc
11.4 miOportunity Solar Generation And Bess
Tbd, MT
Battery StorageOppo Bn, Llc
31.8 miFlint Creek Hydroelectric Llc
Philipsburg, MT
Hydroelectric2 MWHydrodynamics Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 4 power plants within 50 miles of Butte, Montana (ZIP 59750), with a combined 260 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 2 of the 4 nearby plants. The closest plant is Dave Gates Generating Station at 10.4 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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