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Trans-Jordan Generating Station

Other power plant · Salt Lake County, Utah

Nameplate capacity
4.8 MW
Rank in Utah
#84
of 131 plants
In service since
2009
March 2009

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Landfill Gas
Operator
Energy Developments, Inc d/b/a EDL
County
Salt Lake County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.04%
Rank among other plants in Utah
#8 of 10
EIA plant code
56853

Generating units

Individual generating units at Trans-Jordan Generating Station
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Landfill Gas1.6 MW1.5 MW2009Operating
2Landfill Gas1.6 MW1.5 MW2009Operating
3Landfill Gas1.6 MW1.5 MW2009Operating

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, 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 4.8 MW solar plant and a 4.8 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