🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in Utah
Utah operates 26 natural gas power plants totaling 2,991 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 11.8M MWh.
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.
Plants26operating
Capacity2,990 MWnameplate
Generation11.8M MWhannual
Where natural gas plants sit in Utah
All Utah natural gas plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Side Power Plant | Vineyard | Utah County | 1,247 MW | Pacificorp |
| Currant Creek | Mona | Juab County | 567 MW | Pacificorp |
| Gadsby | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake County | 433 MW | Pacificorp |
| West Valley Generation Project | West Valley City | Salt Lake County | 217 MW | Utah Municipal Power Agency |
| Nebo Power Station | Payson | Utah County | 140 MW | Utah Associated Mun Power Sys |
| Millcreek Power Generation | St. George | Washington County | 80 MW | City Of St George |
| Us Magnesium | Rowley | Tooele County | 48 MW | Us Magnesium |
| Murray Turbine | Murray | Salt Lake County | 42 MW | City Of Murray - (Ut) |
| Whitehead | Springville | Utah County | 31 MW | City Of Springville - (Ut) |
| Bountiful City | Bountiful | Davis County | 30 MW | City Of Bountiful |
| Tesoro Slc Cogeneration Plant | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake County | 30 MW | Tesoro Refng Marketing Co Mntn Region |
| Heber City | Heber City | Wasatch County | 17 MW | Heber Light & Power Company |
| Byu Central Heating Plant | Provo | Utah County | 17 MW | Brigham Young University (Byu) |
| Logan City | Logan | Cache County | 16 MW | City Of Logan - (Ut) |
| Hurricane City Power | Hurricane | Washington County | 15 MW | Hurricane City Power |
| Solomon Generating Facility | St. George | Washington County | 15 MW | Deseret Generation & Tran Coop |
| Provo Power Plant | Provo | Utah County | 12 MW | Utah Municipal Power Agency |
| Payson | Payson | Utah County | 10 MW | Payson City Corporation |
| Htw Plant 303 Cogen | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake County | 7 MW | The University Of Utah |
| Snowbird Power Plant | Snowbird | Salt Lake County | 7 MW | Snowbird Corporation |
| Washington City Electric Generation | Washington | Washington County | 6 MW | City Of Washington - (Ut) |
| Central Energy Plant Usu | Logan | Cache County | 5 MW | Utah State University |
| Murray City | Murray | Salt Lake County | — | City Of Murray - (Ut) |
| Little Mountain | Ogden | Weber County | — | Pacificorp |
| Ebay - South Jordan | South Jordan | Salt Lake County | — | Bloom Energy |
| Logan City 2 | Logan | Cache County | — | City Of Logan - (Ut) |