Glendive GT
Natural gas power plant · Dawson County, Montana
Nameplate capacity
84 MW
Rank in Montana
#23
of 73 plants
In service since
1979
June 1979
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Montana-Dakota Utilities Co
- County
- Dawson County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 1.09%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Montana
- #4 of 9
- EIA plant code
- 2176
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT-2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 43 MW | 40 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 41 MW | 35 MW | 1979 | 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 Montana
| Clearwater Wind III | Wind | 100 MW |
| Thompson Falls | Hydro | 98 MW |
| Apex Solar | Solar | 80 MW |
| MTSUN | Solar | 80 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 84 MW solar plant and a 84 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 Montana power plants · What Montana actually generates