Central Energy Plant USU
Natural gas power plant · Cache County, Utah
Nameplate capacity
5.0 MW
Rank in Utah
#79
of 131 plants
In service since
2004
August 2004
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Utah State University
- County
- Cache County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Utah
- #23 of 23
- EIA plant code
- 58139
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TURBI | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 5.0 MW | 4.4 MW | 2004 | 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 Utah
| Washington City Electric Generation | Natural gas | 6.0 MW |
| Payson | Natural gas | 5.2 MW |
| Pioneer | Hydro | 5.0 MW |
| Smithfield 1 | Solar | 5.0 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 5.0 MW solar plant and a 5.0 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