Snowbird Power Plant
Natural gas power plant · Salt Lake County, Utah
Nameplate capacity
6.5 MW
Rank in Utah
#76
of 131 plants
In service since
2022
November 2022
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- Snowbird Corporation
- County
- Salt Lake County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.06%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Utah
- #20 of 23
- EIA plant code
- 10215
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1258 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.5 MW | 2.1 MW | 2022 | Operating |
| 1260 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.5 MW | 2.1 MW | 2022 | Operating |
| 1138 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.5 MW | 1.3 MW | 2022 | 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
| Tooele Army Depot(CSG) | Wind | 7.2 MW |
| Hydro II | Hydro | 6.6 MW |
| Washington City Electric Generation | Natural gas | 6.0 MW |
| Payson | Natural gas | 5.2 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 6.5 MW solar plant and a 6.5 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