18th largest plant in Wyoming · 2002nd nationally
Shute Creek Facility is a natural gas power plant in Wyoming with a nameplate capacity of 144 MW. It generates roughly 857.1k MWh per year — enough to power about 81,629 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 68% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 717 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Shute Creek Facility |
|---|---|
| Operator | Exxon Mobil Production Co |
| City | Kemmerer |
| County | Lincoln County |
| State | Wyoming |
| ZIP | 83101 |
| Coordinates | 41.88050, -110.09040 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 021A | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 48.0 MW | Operating | 2005 |
| 021B | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 48.0 MW | Operating | 2005 |
| 021C | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 48.0 MW | Operating | 2005 |
| CO₂ | 307.4k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 8 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 842 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 717 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 |
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.