🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in Wyoming
Wyoming operates 9 natural gas power plants totaling 399 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 1.4M 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.
Plants9operating
Capacity398 MWnameplate
Generation1.4M MWhannual
Where natural gas plants sit in Wyoming
All Wyoming natural gas plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shute Creek Facility | Kemmerer | Lincoln County | 144 MW | Exxon Mobil Production Co |
| Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station | Cheyenne | Laramie County | 140 MW | Black Hills Service Company Llc |
| Neil Simpson Gas Turbine #2 | Gillette | Campbell County | 40 MW | Black Hills Power, Inc. |
| Hartzog | Wright | Campbell County | 23 MW | Basin Electric Power Coop |
| Barber Creek | Gillette | Campbell County | 23 MW | Basin Electric Power Coop |
| Arvada | Arvada | Sheridan County | 15 MW | Basin Electric Power Coop |
| Big Sand Draw Plant | Riverton | Fremont County | 8 MW | Denbury Inc |
| Beaver Creek Gas Plant | Riverton | Fremont County | 7 MW | Denbury Inc |
| Western Sugar Coop - Torrington | Torrington | Goshen County | — | Western Sugar Cooperative |