Copperton Solar Plant No. 1
Solar power plant · Salt Lake County, Utah
Nameplate capacity
30 MW
Rank in Utah
#55
of 131 plants
In service since
2024
November 2024
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Kennecott Utah Copper
- County
- Salt Lake County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.26%
- Rank among solar plants in Utah
- #30 of 55
- EIA plant code
- 64427
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSP2 | Solar Photovoltaic | 25 MW | 25 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| CSP1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 5.0 MW | 4.9 MW | 2024 | 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
| Bountiful City | Natural gas | 30 MW |
| Tesoro SLC Cogeneration Plant | Natural gas | 30 MW |
| Cutler Hydro | Hydro | 30 MW |
| Whitehead | Natural gas | 27 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 30 MW solar plant and a 30 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