Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region

Balancing Authority Summary Information

Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region is ranked #23 out of 65 balancing authorities in terms of total annual electricity generation.

Balancing Authority	Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region
States	Colorado Nebraska New Mexico North Dakota South Dakota Utah Wyoming
Last Update	Dec 2024
Annual Generation	36.0 TWh
Power Plants	170
Utilities	91
Ranked #23 out of 65 in terms of net annual generation
Ranked #12 out of 32 in terms of annual generation from coal
Power Plant Types	Coal \| 56.9% Water \| 17.5% Wind \| 13.5% Natural Gas \| 7.9% Solar \| 3.8%

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Daily Net Generation for Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region for the past 3 Years

Plant Name	Utility	Location	Annual Generation	Plant Date	Last Update	Fuel Types
Marys Lake	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Estes Park, CO	23 GWh	Apr 1951	Dec 2022	Water
3 MW LLC	3 MW LLC	Somerset, CO	3 GWh	Jun 2013	Dec 2022	Other Gas
NSE Camber Solar PS6 LLC CSG	Nautilus Solar Solutions	Platteville, CO	3 GWh	Jan 2022	Aug 2023	Solar
Ruxton Park	City of Colorado Springs - (CO)	Manitou Spring, CO	2 GWh	Apr 1925	Sep 2023	Water
Big Thompson	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Loveland, CO	5 GWh	Mar 1959	Sep 2023	Water
Pole Hill	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Loveland, CO	206 GWh	Dec 1953	Oct 2023	Water
Towaoc	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Cortez, CO	17 GWh	Apr 1993	Oct 2023	Water
El Vado Dam	Los Alamos County	Tierra Amarilla, NM	2 GWh	Apr 1988	Oct 2023	Water
Vallecito Hydroelectric	Ptarmigan Res & Engy Inc	Bayfield, CO	26 GWh	Apr 1989	Oct 2023	Water
Abiquiu Dam	Los Alamos County	Abiquiu, NM	48 GWh	Mar 1989	Nov 2023	Water
Foothills Hydro Plant	Denver City & County-Foothills	Littleton, CO	5 GWh	Apr 1985	Nov 2023	Water
South Canal Hydro-1	Delta-Montrose Electric Association	Montrose, CO	17 GWh	May 2013	Nov 2023	Water
South Canal Hydro-3	Delta-Montrose Electric Association	Montrose, CO	12 GWh	Jul 2013	Nov 2023	Water
Shavano Falls Hydro	Shavano Falls Hydro LLC	Montrose, CO	11 GWh	May 2015	Nov 2023	Water
Shavano Falls Hydro Drop 4	Shavano Falls Hydro LLC - Drop 4 Project	Montrose, CO	20 GWh	May 2015	Nov 2023	Water
Drop 5	Drop 5 Hydro LLC	Montrose, CO	9 GWh	Feb 2017	Nov 2023	Water
Manitou Springs	City of Colorado Springs - (CO)	Manitou Spring, CO	15 GWh	Apr 1927	Dec 2023	Water
Holly	Town of Holly - (CO)	Holly, CO	20 MWh	Dec 1992	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Trinidad (CO)	City of Trinidad - (CO)	Trinidad, CO	26 MWh	Apr 1950	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Blue Mesa	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Gunnison, CO	171 GWh	Aug 1967	Dec 2023	Water
Estes	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Estes Park, CO	106 GWh	Aug 1950	Dec 2023	Water
Morrow Point	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Montrose, CO	274 GWh	Nov 1970	Dec 2023	Water
Green Mountain	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Kremmling, CO	47 GWh	Apr 1943	Dec 2023	Water
Lower Molina	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Molina, CO	19 GWh	Nov 1962	Dec 2023	Water
Upper Molina	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Molina, CO	32 GWh	Nov 1962	Dec 2023	Water
Navajo Dam	City of Farmington - (NM)	Farmington, NM	91 GWh	Dec 1988	Dec 2023	Water
Boulder	Garkane Energy Coop, Inc	Boulder, UT	20 GWh	Jul 1958	Dec 2023	Water
Uintah	Moon Lake Electric Assn Inc	Neola, UT	6 GWh	Jun 1920	Dec 2023	Water
Crystal	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Montrose, CO	123 GWh	May 1978	Dec 2023	Water
Tacoma	Public Service Co of Colorado	Durango, CO	957 MWh	May 1905	Dec 2023	Water
Ames Hydro	Public Service Co of Colorado	Ophir, CO	7 GWh	May 1906	Dec 2023	Water
Tesla	City of Colorado Springs - (CO)	Colorado Springs, CO	56 GWh	Mar 1997	Dec 2023	Water
McPhee	U S Bureau of Reclamation	Cortez, CO	5 GWh	Nov 1992	Dec 2023	Water
Neil Simpson II	Black Hills Power, Inc.	Gillette, WY	686 GWh	Aug 1995	Dec 2023	Subbituminous Coal : 89.1% Natural Gas : 10.9%
Hartzog	Basin Electric Power Coop	Wright, WY	318 MWh	Jul 2002	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Arvada	Basin Electric Power Coop	Arvada, WY	216 MWh	Aug 2002	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Barber Creek	Basin Electric Power Coop	Gillette, WY	359 MWh	Aug 2002	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Williams Fork Hydro Plant	Denver City & County of	Parshall, CO	9 GWh	Jun 1959	Dec 2023	Water
North Fork Hydro Plant	Denver City & County of	Grant, CO	13 GWh	Dec 1987	Dec 2023	Water
Taylor Draw Hydroelectric Facility	Rio Blanco Water Conserv Dist	Rangely, CO	34 MWh	Mar 1993	Dec 2023	Water
Beaver Creek Gas Plant	Denbury Inc	Riverton, WY	22 GWh	Nov 1983	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Neil Simpson Gas Turbine #2	Black Hills Power, Inc.	Gillette, WY	19 GWh	Mar 2001	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Lange Gas Turbines	Black Hills Power, Inc.	Rapid City, SD	38 GWh	Feb 2002	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Limon Generating Station	Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc	Limon, CO	154 GWh	Jan 2002	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 98.3% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.7%
Kimball Wind	Kimball Wind, LLC	Kimball, NE	116 GWh	Sep 2002	Dec 2023	Wind
Wygen 2	Black Hills Power, Inc.	Gillette, WY	663 GWh	Dec 2007	Dec 2023	Subbituminous Coal : 99.8%
Wygen III	Black Hills Power, Inc.	Gillette, WY	795 GWh	Mar 2010	Dec 2023	Subbituminous Coal : 99.9%
Colorado Highlands Wind	Colorado Highlands Wind LLC	Fleming, CO	337 GWh	Nov 2012	Dec 2023	Wind
Cimarron Solar Facility	Southern Power Co	Springer, NM	57 GWh	Nov 2010	Dec 2023	Solar
Kit Carson Windpower	Duke Energy Renewables Services	Burlington, CO	157 GWh	Oct 2010	Dec 2023	Wind
Carson Solar I	Carson Solar 1 LLC	Colorado Springs, CO	3 GWh	Nov 2007	Dec 2023	Solar
AFA Solar Farm	Solar Star Colorado II LLC	Colorado Springs, CO	11 GWh	Feb 2011	Dec 2023	Solar
Spearfish Hydro	City of Spearfish	Spearfish, SD	21 GWh	Sep 1912	Dec 2023	Water
CSU Pueblo	Scale Sustainable I, LLC	Pueblo, CO	1 GWh	Nov 2008	Dec 2023	Solar
Huerfano River Wind	Huerfano River Wind, LLC	Walsenburg, CO	12 GWh	Sep 2013	Dec 2023	Wind
Front Range Project	Timberline Energy LLC	Erie, CO	11 GWh	Sep 2011	Dec 2023	Landfill Gas
Brighton PV Solar Plant	Hangar 160 LLC	Brighton, CO	3 GWh	Nov 2012	Dec 2023	Solar
Pikes Peak Solar Garden 1 LLC CSG	Pikes Peak Solar Garden 1 LLC	Colorado Springs, CO	10 GWh	Jun 2015	Dec 2023	Solar
Valley View Solar	SR Clinch, LLC	Greeley, CO	10 GWh	Nov 2015	Dec 2023	Solar
Skylark	SR Clinch, LLC	Severance, CO	9 GWh	Nov 2015	Dec 2023	Solar
SR Mavericks	SR Mavericks, LLC	Mead, CO	15 GWh	Nov 2016	Dec 2023	Solar
SR Skylark B	SR Skylark B, LLC	Severance, CO	4 GWh	Aug 2016	Dec 2023	Solar
Clear Spring Ranch PV Project	DG Colorado Solar, LLC	Fountain, CO	20 GWh	Sep 2016	Dec 2023	Solar
Weber State University - Davis Campus PV	Tesla Inc.	Layton, UT	2 GWh	Dec 2016	Dec 2023	Solar
SR Kersey	SR Kersey, LLC	Kersey, CO	7 GWh	Jul 2017	Dec 2023	Solar
Coyote Ridge Community Solar	Poudre Valley REA, Inc	Fort Collins, CO	3 GWh	Sep 2017	Dec 2023	Solar
Bar D	Cypress Creek Renewables	Meeker, CO	7 GWh	Nov 2018	Dec 2023	Solar
Gilcrest Solar	Terraform Arcadia	Platteville, CO	3 GWh	Jul 2018	Dec 2023	Solar
Quincy Solar	Terraform Arcadia	Watkins, CO	4 GWh	Aug 2018	Dec 2023	Solar
Riverview Solar	Highline Services, LLC	Sterling, CO	3 GWh	Oct 2019	Dec 2023	Solar
Tom Sifers Solar	Mountain Parks Services, Inc.	Fraser, CO	2 GWh	Oct 2019	Dec 2023	Solar
Whiskey Hill Solar	Mountain Parks Services, Inc.	Walden, CO	2 GWh	Oct 2019	Dec 2023	Solar
SR Kersey II	SR Kersey II, LLC	Kersey, CO	2 GWh	Nov 2019	Dec 2023	Solar
SR Skylark C	SR Skylark C, LLC	Windsor, CO	2 GWh	Nov 2019	Dec 2023	Solar
SR Rattlesnake	SR Rattlesnake, LLC	Platteville, CO	16 GWh	Nov 2020	Dec 2023	Solar
Rock Creek 2 CSG	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation	Alamosa, CO	4 GWh	Nov 2020	Dec 2023	Solar
Mtn Solar 6 LLC (CSG)	Nautilus Solar Solutions	Sterling, CO	3 GWh	Feb 2022	Dec 2023	Solar
NSE Camber Solar PS11 LLC (CSG)	Nautilus Solar Solutions	Sterling, CO	3 GWh	Feb 2022	Dec 2023	Solar
NSE Camber BH CSG 2, LLC	Nautilus Solar Solutions	Ordway, CO	4 GWh	Oct 2021	Dec 2023	Solar
NSE Camber Solar PS13 LLC (CSG)	Nautilus Solar Solutions	Sterling, CO	3 GWh	Jan 2022	Dec 2023	Solar
NSE Camber Solar PS5 LLC (CSG)	Nautilus Solar Solutions	Platteville, CO	4 GWh	Jan 2022	Dec 2023	Solar
Pivot Solar 12 LLC(CSG)	Nautilus Solar Solutions	Sterling, CO	2 GWh	Feb 2022	Dec 2023	Solar
Pivot Solar 4 LLC (CSG)	Nautilus Solar Solutions	Platteville, CO	4 GWh	Jun 2022	Dec 2023	Solar
Pivot Solar 1 LLC (CSG)	Nautilus Solar Solutions	Parachute, CO	2 GWh	Jun 2022	Dec 2023	Solar
Pivot Solar 14 LLC (CSG)	Nautilus Solar Solutions	Brush, CO	4 GWh	Nov 2022	Dec 2023	Solar
Pivot Solar 2 LLC (CSG)	Nautilus Solar Solutions	Brush, CO	4 GWh	Nov 2022	Dec 2023	Solar
Pivot Solar 15 LLC (CSG)	Nautilus Solar Solutions	Brush, CO	2 GWh	Nov 2022	Dec 2023	Solar
Pivot Solar 7 LLC (CSG)	Nautilus Solar Solutions	Rifle, CO	4 GWh	Jun 2022	Dec 2023	Solar
Pivot Solar 3 LLC (CSG)	Nautilus Solar Solutions	Parachute, CO	4 GWh	Jun 2022	Dec 2023	Solar
Pivot Solar 8 LLC (CSG)	Nautilus Solar Solutions	Platteville, CO	4 GWh	Jun 2022	Dec 2023	Solar
Pitkin County Solar	Coolangatta Solar LLC	Aspen, CO	12 GWh	Sep 2021	Dec 2023	Solar
Cortez Solar 1, LLC	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation	Cortez, CO	5 GWh	Nov 2022	Dec 2023	Solar
Cortez Solar 3, LLC	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation	Cortez, CO	4 GWh	Feb 2023	Dec 2023	Solar
Smithfield 3	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation	Milford, UT	2 GWh	Jun 2023	Dec 2023	Solar
Cortez Solar 2, LLC	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation	Cortez, CO	5 GWh	Jun 2023	Dec 2023	Solar
South 49th 013445 SCS Norfolk, LLC	Sol Systems	Norfolk, NE	18 GWh	Aug 2022	Dec 2023	Solar
SF Auto T1	Autoliv ASP, Inc.	Tremonton, UT	141 MWh	Nov 2023	Dec 2023	Solar
CSWIND America Inc.	CS Wind America, Inc.	Pueblo, CO	6 GWh	Sep 2023	Dec 2023	Solar
OREG 4 Peetz	Ormat Nevada Inc	Peetz, CO	3 GWh	Feb 2009	May 2024	Waste Heat
Comanche (CO)	Public Service Co of Colorado	Pueblo, CO	6 TWh	May 1973	Sep 2024	Subbituminous Coal : 97.9% Natural Gas : 2.1%

Surrounding Balancing Authorities

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#47	El Paso Electric Company	6.5 TWh	31
#35	Idaho Power Company	15.3 TWh	164
#29	NorthWestern Corporation	18.5 TWh	66
#19	PacifiCorp East	52.9 TWh	204
#21	Public Service Company of Colorado	45.2 TWh	201
#34	Public Service Company of New Mexico	15.4 TWh	108
#18	Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District	58.9 TWh	45
#5	Southwest Power Pool	290.5 TWh	762
#41	Western Area Power Administration - Desert Southwest Region	8.5 TWh	30
#64	Western Area Power Administration - Upper Great Plains West	469.4 GWh	24

Balancing Authorities with Similar Net Generation

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#18	Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District	58.9 TWh	45
#19	PacifiCorp East	52.9 TWh	204
#20	Duke Energy Florida, Inc.	45.8 TWh	92
#21	Public Service Company of Colorado	45.2 TWh	201
#22	Nevada Power Company	37.7 TWh	136
#23	Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region	36.0 TWh	170
#24	Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company	33.1 TWh	20
#25	Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.	26.0 TWh	85
#26	Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.	22.3 TWh	47
#27	Tampa Electric Company	22.1 TWh	57