Power Plants Near 82831 — Arvada, WY

9 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 82831 (Arvada, Wyoming). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 44.6899, -106.1092 · County: Sheridan

Coal 96%Natural Gas 4%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
0.0 mi	Arvada Arvada, WY	Natural Gas	15 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
38.1 mi	Dry Fork Station Gillette, WY	Coal	484 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
45.2 mi	Neil Simpson Gillette, WY	Coal	—	Black Hills Power, Inc.
45.2 mi	Wygen 2 Gillette, WY	Coal	95 MW	Black Hills Power, Inc.
45.2 mi	Wygen Iii Gillette, WY	Coal	116 MW	Black Hills Power, Inc.
45.3 mi	Wyodak Gillette, WY	Coal	362 MW	Pacificorp
45.4 mi	Wygen 1 Gillette, WY	Coal	90 MW	Black Hills Power, Inc.
45.4 mi	Neil Simpson Ii Gillette, WY	Coal	130 MW	Black Hills Power, Inc.
45.6 mi	Neil Simpson Gas Turbine #2 Gillette, WY	Natural Gas	40 MW	Black Hills Power, Inc.

Power generation near this area

There are 9 power plants within 50 miles of Arvada, Wyoming (ZIP 82831), with a combined 1,332 MW of nameplate capacity. Coal is the most common fuel type in this area with 7 of the 9 nearby plants. The closest plant is Arvada at 0.0 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.

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