Southwest Power Pool

Balancing Authority Summary Information

Southwest Power Pool is ranked #5 out of 65 balancing authorities in terms of total annual electricity generation.

Balancing Authority	Southwest Power Pool
States	Arkansas Colorado Iowa Kansas Louisiana Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska New Mexico North Dakota Oklahoma South Dakota Texas
Last Update	Apr 2025
Annual Generation	296.3 TWh
Power Plants	762
Utilities	424
Ranked #5 out of 65 in terms of net annual generation
Ranked #3 out of 34 in terms of annual generation from wind
Power Plant Types	Wind \| 37.3% Natural Gas \| 27.4% Coal \| 26.2% Nuclear \| 5.4% Water \| 3% Solar \| 0.5% Other Fuel \| 0.1%

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Daily Net Generation for Southwest Power Pool for the past 3 Years

Plant Name	Utility	Location	Annual Generation	Plant Date	Last Update	Fuel Types
Oak Tree Energy	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.	Clark, SD	67 GWh	Nov 2014	Dec 2023	Wind
Oberlin (KS)	City of Oberlin - (KS)	Oberlin, KS	4 MWh	Dec 1953	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Oklahoma Wind Energy Center	FPL Energy Oklahoma Wind LLC	Woodward, OK	153 GWh	Sep 2003	Dec 2023	Wind
Oliver Wind IV	Oliver Wind IV, LLC	Hannover, ND	132 GWh	-	Jan 2025	Wind
Oneta Energy Center	Oneta Power LLC	Broken Arrow, OK	6 TWh	Jun 2002	Jan 2025	Natural Gas
Ord	City of Ord - (NE)	Ord, NE	59 MWh	Dec 1962	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil : 97.4% Natural Gas : 2.6%
OREG 1 Inc	Ormat Nevada Inc	Culbertson, MT	147 GWh	Jun 2006	Jan 2025	Waste Heat
OREG 2 Inc	Ormat Nevada Inc	Culbertson, MT	110 GWh	Nov 2008	Jan 2025	Waste Heat
Origin Wind	Enel Green Power NA, Inc.	Hennepin, OK	520 GWh	Oct 2014	Dec 2023	Wind
Osawatomie	Evergy Metro	Miami, KS	44 GWh	May 2003	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Osawatomie City of	City of Osawatomie - (KS)	Osawatomie, KS	10 MWh	Sep 1950	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Osawatomie Power Plant North Sub	City of Osawatomie - (KS)	Osawatomie, KS	5 MWh	Apr 2018	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Osawatomie Power Plant South Sub	City of Osawatomie - (KS)	Osawatomie, KS	6 MWh	Feb 2017	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Osborn Wind Energy	Osborn Wind Energy LLC	Stewartsville, MO	728 GWh	Nov 2016	Jan 2025	Wind
Osborne	City of Osborne - (KS)	Osborne, KS	8 MWh	May 1957	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil : 60.7% Natural Gas : 39.3%
Osceola Windpower LLC	Osceola Windpower LLC	Harris, IA	416 GWh	Jun 2008	Jan 2025	Wind
Ottawa	City of Ottawa - (KS)	Ottawa, KS	377 MWh	Nov 1958	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 78.7% Distillate Fuel Oil : 21.3%
OU Spirit Wind Farm	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Woodward, OK	141 GWh	Nov 2009	Dec 2023	Wind
Oxford (KS)	City of Oxford - (KS)	Oxford, KS	6 MWh	Jun 1999	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Oxford (NE)	Village of Oxford - (NE)	Oxford, NE	27 MWh	Jul 1953	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 91.0% Distillate Fuel Oil : 9.0%
Ozark Beach	Empire District Electric Co	Forsyth, MO	56 GWh	May 1931	Dec 2023	Water
Ozarks Natural Energy Community Solar	Ozarks Electric Coop Corp - (AR)	Springdale, AR	1 GWh	Mar 2016	Dec 2023	Solar
Palmer's Creek Wind Farm, LLC	Palmer's Creek Wind Farm, LLC	Granite Falls, MN	131 GWh	Nov 2018	Jan 2025	Wind
Palo Duro Wind	Palo Duro Wind	Perryton, TX	977 GWh	Nov 2014	Jan 2025	Wind
Pantex	Pantex (NNSA)	Amarillo, TX	24 GWh	May 2014	Jan 2025	Wind
Papillion Creek Wastewater	City of Omaha	Bellevue, NE	6 GWh	Apr 1987	Jan 2025	Natural Gas : 95.6% Other Biomass Gas : 4.4%
Pawhuska	City of Pawhuska - (OK)	Pawhuska, OK	375 MWh	Aug 1949	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Pender	City of Pender - (NE)	Pender, NE	46 MWh	Dec 1952	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Pensacola	Grand River Dam Authority	Langley, OK	228 GWh	Jul 1940	Dec 2023	Water
Perennial Windfarm	Perennial Wind, LLC	Fairmont, NE	33 GWh	Jun 2018	Dec 2023	Wind
Persimmon Creek Wind Farm 1, LLC	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	Vici, OK	883 GWh	Aug 2018	Jan 2025	Wind
Pine Ridge	Western Farmers Elec Coop, Inc	Apache, OK	4 GWh	Feb 2017	Jan 2025	Solar
Pioneer Generation Station	Basin Electric Power Coop	Williston, ND	2 TWh	Aug 2013	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Pirkey	Southwestern Electric Power Co	Hallsville, TX	3 TWh	Dec 1984	Mar 2023	Lignite Coal : 99.8%
Plant X	Southwestern Public Service Co	Earth, TX	660 GWh	Dec 1951	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 99.0% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.0%
Platte	City of Grand Island - (NE)	Grand Island, NE	362 GWh	Nov 1982	Dec 2023	Subbituminous Coal : 99.7%
Platteview Solar LLC	AES Distributed Energy	Ashland, NE	114 GWh	-	Jan 2025	Solar
Pleasant Hill Wind Energy Project	Pleasant Hill Wind Energy LLC	Lorenzo, TX	32 GWh	Sep 2015	Dec 2023	Wind
Plum Creek Wind Project (NE)	Plum Creek Wind, LLC	Winside, NE	863 GWh	May 2020	Jan 2025	Wind
POET Bioprocessing- Mitchell	POET Bioprocessing- Mitchell	Mitchell, SD	18 GWh	Sep 2021	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Polk County Renewables, LLC	Polk County Renewables, LLC	Osceola, NE	8 GWh	Nov 2018	Dec 2023	Wind
Ponca City	Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority	Ponca City, OK	31 GWh	Sep 1966	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Ponderosa Wind Energy Center	Ponderosa Wind, LLC	Beaver, OK	962 GWh	Oct 2020	Jan 2025	Wind
Ponderosa Wind II	Ponderosa Wind II, LLC	Balko, OK	69 GWh	-	Jan 2025	Wind
Poplar Bluff Generating Station	City of Poplar Bluff - (MO)	Poplar Bluff, MO	579 MWh	Apr 1976	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 91.2% Distillate Fuel Oil : 8.8%
Porterhouse Wind (4) LLC	UPC Power Solutions	Gruver, TX	10 GWh	Dec 2007	Dec 2023	Wind
Post Rock Wind Power Project, LLC	Pattern Operators LP	Ellsworth, KS	391 GWh	Aug 2012	Jan 2025	Wind
Prairie Breeze	SunEdison LLC	Elgin, NE	766 GWh	Apr 2014	Dec 2023	Wind
Prairie Breeze II	Invenergy Services LLC	Elgin, NE	270 GWh	Sep 2015	Dec 2023	Wind
Prairie Breeze III	Invenergy Services LLC	Elgin, NE	131 GWh	Mar 2016	Dec 2023	Wind
Prairie Queen Wind Farm	Prairie Queen Wind Farm LLC	Moran, KS	601 GWh	Apr 2019	Jan 2025	Wind
Prairie Sky Solar Farm	Kansas Electric Power Coop Inc	Andover, KS	2 GWh	Jan 2017	Dec 2023	Solar
Prairie Winds ND1	Basin Electric Power Coop	Minot, ND	328 GWh	Nov 2009	Dec 2023	Wind
Prairie Winds SD1	Basin Electric Power Coop	Crow Lake, SD	344 GWh	Jan 2011	Dec 2023	Wind
Pratt	City of Pratt- (KS)	Pratt, KS	3 GWh	Dec 1957	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 99.9%
Pratt 2	City of Pratt- (KS)	Pratt, KS	226 MWh	May 1994	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 84.5% Distillate Fuel Oil : 15.5%
Pratt Wind, LLC	Pratt Wind, LLC	Andover, KS	934 GWh	Nov 2018	Jan 2025	Wind
Prevailing Wind Park	AES Distributed Energy	Lesterville, SD	895 GWh	Feb 2020	Jan 2025	Wind
Prosperity Solar Farm CSG	Empire District Electric Co	Joplin, MO	4 GWh	Feb 2021	Dec 2023	Solar
Quay County	Southwestern Public Service Co	Tucumcari, NM	858 MWh	Sep 2013	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Quindaro	City of Kansas City - (KS)	Kansas, KS	6 GWh	Apr 1965	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Ralls Wind Farm	Ralls Wind Farm LLC	Ralls, TX	11 GWh	Jun 2011	Dec 2023	Wind
Ralph Green	Evergy Missouri West	Pleasant Hill, MO	38 GWh	May 1981	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, LLC	Dixon, NE	990 GWh	Nov 2018	Jan 2025	Wind
Reading Wind Project	Southern Power Co	Reading, KS	689 GWh	Apr 2020	Jan 2025	Wind
Red Cloud	City of Red Cloud - (NE)	Red Cloud, NE	37 MWh	Dec 1949	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Red Dirt Wind Project	Red Dirt Wind Project, LLC	Hennessy, OK	778 GWh	Nov 2017	Jan 2025	Wind
Red Hills Wind Project LLC	Acciona Wind Energy USA LLC	Hammon, OK	152 GWh	Nov 2008	Dec 2023	Wind
Redbed Plains Wind Farm	Redbed Plains Wind Farm LLC	Tuttle, OK	373 GWh	Jun 2017	Jan 2025	Wind
Redbud Power Plant	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Luther, OK	5 TWh	Apr 2004	Jan 2025	Natural Gas
Ribeye Wind (11) LLC	UPC Power Solutions	Dumas, TX	4 GWh	Apr 2008	Dec 2023	Wind
River Valley	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Panama, OK	595 GWh	Aug 1990	Jan 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 84.1% Natural Gas : 11.0% Tire-derived Fuels : 4.1% Bituminous Coal : 0.8%
Riverside (OK)	Public Service Co of Oklahoma	Jenks, OK	1 TWh	Mar 1974	Jan 2025	Natural Gas
Riverton	Empire District Electric Co	Riverton, KS	1 TWh	May 1950	Jan 2025	Natural Gas
Rock Creek Wind Project	Enel Green Power NA, Inc.	Tarkio, MO	1 TWh	Oct 2017	Jan 2025	Wind
Rock Falls Wind Farm LLC	Public Service Co of Oklahoma	Braman, OK	538 GWh	Nov 2017	Jan 2025	Wind
Rock Rapids	Rock Rapids Municipal Utility	Rock Rapids, IA	13 MWh	Mar 1968	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Rockhaven Wind Project, LLC	Rockhaven Wind Project, LLC	Hennepin, OK	522 GWh	Nov 2021	Jan 2025	Wind
Rocky Ridge Wind Project	Rocky Ridge Wind Project LLC	Hobart, OK	364 GWh	May 2012	Dec 2023	Wind
Rokeby	Lincoln Electric System	Lincoln, NE	80 GWh	Jun 1975	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 97.6% Distillate Fuel Oil : 2.4%
Rolla Solar Farm (MO)	Missouri Jnt Muni.Pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.	Rolla, MO	4 GWh	Apr 2016	Dec 2023	Solar
Rolling Thunder Wind Farm Hybrid	AE Power Services LLC	Miller, SD	80 GWh	Oct 2009	Dec 2023	Wind
Roosevelt County	Boralex US Operations LLC	Portales, NM	1 TWh	Nov 2015	Jan 2025	Wind
Roswell Solar, LLC	Roswell Solar, LLC	Roswell, NM	146 GWh	Jul 2016	Jan 2025	Solar
Rubart	Sunflower Electric Power Corp	Ulysses, KS	70 GWh	Aug 2014	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Rush Springs Wind	Rush Springs Wind Project	Marlow, OK	936 GWh	Nov 2016	Jan 2025	Wind
Russell Downtown	City of Russell - (KS)	Russell, KS	78 MWh	Jan 1971	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 82.5% Distillate Fuel Oil : 17.5%
Russell Energy Center	City of Russell - (KS)	Russell, KS	2 GWh	Jan 2002	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Sagamore Wind	Southwestern Public Service Co	Rogers, NM	2 TWh	Nov 2020	Jan 2025	Wind
Salt Valley Wind Plant	Lincoln Electric System	Lincoln, NE	2 GWh	Nov 1998	Dec 2023	Wind
San Juan Mesa Wind Project LLC	NRG Energy Gas & Wind Holdings Inc	Elida, NM	208 GWh	Nov 2005	Jan 2025	Wind
Sargent	City of Sargent - (NE)	Sargent, NE	3 MWh	Dec 1953	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Sarpy County	Omaha Public Power District	Bellevue, NE	162 GWh	May 1972	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 95.7% Distillate Fuel Oil : 4.3%
Scenic Hill Solar IV, LLC	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation	Clarksville, AR	4 GWh	Nov 2019	Dec 2023	Solar
Scribner Diesel Generation Facility	City of Scribner	Scribner, NE	34 MWh	Aug 2020	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil : 68.1% Other Biomass Liquids : 31.9%
Seiling Wind I	NextEra Energy Seiling Wind	Seiling, OK	720 GWh	Nov 2014	Dec 2023	Wind
Seiling Wind II	NextEra Energy Seiling Wind	Seiling, OK	353 GWh	Nov 2014	Dec 2023	Wind
Seminole	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Konowa, OK	2 TWh	Feb 1971	Jan 2025	Natural Gas
SEV NM Phase 2	Altus Power America Management, LLC	Roswell, NM	4 GWh	May 2013	Dec 2023	Solar
Seven Cowboy Wind Project, LLC	Seven Cowboy Wind Project, LLC	Gage, OK	1 TWh	Feb 2023	Jan 2025	Wind

Surrounding Balancing Authorities

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#26	Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.	23.0 TWh	47
#47	El Paso Electric Company	6.6 TWh	31
#3	Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.	473.6 TWh	1,139
#2	Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.	646.1 TWh	2,653
#20	Public Service Company of Colorado	48.5 TWh	201
#35	Public Service Company of New Mexico	15.3 TWh	108
#52	Southwestern Power Administration	4.0 TWh	31
#8	Tennessee Valley Authority	158.9 TWh	170
#23	Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region	35.7 TWh	170
#64	Western Area Power Administration - Upper Great Plains West	473.8 GWh	24

Balancing Authorities with Similar Net Generation

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#2	Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.	646.1 TWh	2,653
#3	Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.	473.6 TWh	1,139
#5	Southwest Power Pool	296.3 TWh	762
#6	Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans	252.5 TWh	393
#7	California Independent System Operator	189.4 TWh	1,943
#8	Tennessee Valley Authority	158.9 TWh	170
#10	Florida Power & Light Co.	148.4 TWh	159
#12	New York Independent System Operator	131.1 TWh	1,100
#13	Duke Energy Carolinas	111.3 TWh	556
#15	ISO New England	103.9 TWh	1,487