BYU Central Heating Plant
Natural gas power plant · Utah County, Utah
Nameplate capacity
17 MW
Rank in Utah
#62
of 131 plants
In service since
2019
February 2019
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Brigham Young University (BYU)
- County
- Utah County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.14%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Utah
- #13 of 23
- EIA plant code
- 63423
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 17 MW | 14 MW | 2019 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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| Spanish Fork Wind Park 2 LLC | Wind | 19 MW |
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| Logan City | Natural gas | 16 MW |
| Hurricane City Power | Natural gas | 15 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 17 MW solar plant and a 17 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 Utah power plants · What Utah actually generates