Kennecott Power Plant
Other power plant · Salt Lake County, Utah
Nameplate capacity
38 MW
Rank in Utah
#51
of 131 plants
In service since
1995
January 1995
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- All Other
- Operator
- Kennecott Utah Copper
- County
- Salt Lake County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.33%
- Rank among other plants in Utah
- #1 of 10
- EIA plant code
- 56163
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM58 | All Other | 32 MW | 32 MW | 1995 | Operating |
| RCHP | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 6.4 MW | 5.9 MW | 2010 | 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
| Murray Turbine | Natural gas | 42 MW |
| Castle Solar, LLC | Solar | 40 MW |
| Blundell | Other | 38 MW |
| Bountiful City | Natural gas | 30 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 38 MW solar plant and a 38 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