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Hunter

Coal power plant · Emery County, Utah

Nameplate capacity
1,472 MW
Rank in Utah
#1
of 131 plants
In service since
1978
June 1978

Details

Primary fuel
Coal
Technology
Conventional Steam Coal
Operator
PacifiCorp
County
Emery County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
12.83%
Rank among coal plants in Utah
#1 of 4
EIA plant code
6165

Generating units

Individual generating units at Hunter
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
3Conventional Steam Coal496 MW471 MW1983Operating
1Conventional Steam Coal488 MW446 MW1978Operating
2Conventional Steam Coal488 MW446 MW1980Operating

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

Lake Side Power PlantNatural gas1,247 MW
Intermountain Power ProjectNatural gas1,093 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 1,472 MW solar plant and a 1,472 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