15th largest plant in Oregon · 1089th nationally
Coyote Springs is a natural gas power plant in Oregon with a nameplate capacity of 296 MW. It generates roughly 1.9M MWh per year — enough to power about 182,348 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 74% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 1640 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (296 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Coyote Springs |
|---|---|
| Operator | Portland General Electric Co |
| City | Boardman |
| County | Morrow County |
| State | Oregon |
| ZIP | 97818 |
| Coordinates | 45.84800, -119.67392 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 208 MW | Operating | 1995 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 88.0 MW | Operating | 1995 |
| CO₂ | 1.6M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 8 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 171 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1640 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 | Portland General Electric Company |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.