BYUI Central Energy Facility
Natural gas power plant · Madison County, Idaho
Nameplate capacity
5.6 MW
Rank in Idaho
#108
of 155 plants
In service since
2015
August 2015
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Brigham Young Univ Idaho
- County
- Madison County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.09%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Idaho
- #9 of 9
- EIA plant code
- 59496
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST601 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 5.6 MW | 4.6 MW | 2015 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Idaho
| Plummer Cogen | Other | 6.2 MW |
| Tamarack Energy | Other | 6.2 MW |
| Salmon Diesel | Other | 5.0 MW |
| Dietrich Drop | Hydro | 4.8 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 5.6 MW solar plant and a 5.6 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Idaho power plants · What Idaho actually generates