45th largest plant in Utah · 3978th nationally
Blundell is a geothermal power plant in Utah with a nameplate capacity of 38.1 MW. It generates roughly 248.2k MWh per year — enough to power about 23,638 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 74% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 89 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Blundell |
|---|---|
| Operator | Pacificorp |
| City | Milford |
| County | Beaver County |
| State | Utah |
| ZIP | 84751 |
| Coordinates | 38.48890, -112.85330 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Geothermal | Geothermal | 30.0 MW | Cancelled | — |
| 1 | Geothermal | Geothermal | 26.1 MW | Operating | 1984 |
| 2 | Geothermal | Geothermal | 12.0 MW | Operating | 2007 |
| CO₂ | 11.0k metric tons |
|---|---|
| CO₂ Rate | 89 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | WECC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Pacificorp - East |
Geothermal plants tap heat from underground reservoirs to spin steam turbines. They provide carbon-free baseload power with very high capacity factors, but they only work where hot rock is accessible — primarily in the western U.S.