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Payson

Natural gas power plant · Utah County, Utah

Nameplate capacity
20 MW
Rank in Utah
#61
of 133 plants
In service since
1988
June 1988

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
Operator
Payson City Corporation
County
Utah County
Generating units
8
Share of state capacity
0.16%
Rank among natural gas plants in Utah
#12 of 23
EIA plant code
7408

Generating units

Individual generating units at Payson
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
86-1Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine2.6 MW2.6 MW1988Operating
86-2Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine2.6 MW2.6 MW1988Operating
86-3CNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine2.4 MW2.1 MW2026Operating
86-4CNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine2.4 MW2.1 MW2026Operating
86-5CNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine2.4 MW2.1 MW2026Operating
86-6CNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine2.4 MW2.1 MW2026Operating
86-7CNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine2.4 MW2.1 MW2026Operating
86-8CNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine2.4 MW2.1 MW2026Operating

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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About this data

From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 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 20 MW solar plant and a 20 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