Power Plants Near 82717 — Gillette, WY

11 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 82717 (Gillette, Wyoming). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 44.3047, -105.4959 · County: Campbell

Coal 93%Natural Gas 7%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
5.5 mi	Neil Simpson Gillette, WY	Coal	—	Black Hills Power, Inc.
5.7 mi	Wygen 1 Gillette, WY	Coal	90 MW	Black Hills Power, Inc.
5.7 mi	Neil Simpson Ii Gillette, WY	Coal	130 MW	Black Hills Power, Inc.
5.7 mi	Wygen 2 Gillette, WY	Coal	95 MW	Black Hills Power, Inc.
5.7 mi	Wyodak Gillette, WY	Coal	362 MW	Pacificorp
5.8 mi	Wygen Iii Gillette, WY	Coal	116 MW	Black Hills Power, Inc.
6.0 mi	Neil Simpson Gas Turbine #2 Gillette, WY	Natural Gas	40 MW	Black Hills Power, Inc.
6.1 mi	Dry Fork Station Gillette, WY	Coal	484 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
32.9 mi	Hartzog Wright, WY	Natural Gas	23 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
40.3 mi	Arvada Arvada, WY	Natural Gas	15 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
42.5 mi	Barber Creek Gillette, WY	Natural Gas	23 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop

Power generation near this area

There are 11 power plants within 50 miles of Gillette, Wyoming (ZIP 82717), with a combined 1,377 MW of nameplate capacity. Coal is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 11 nearby plants. The closest plant is Neil Simpson at 5.5 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 Wyoming, visit the Wyoming state page.

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