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Whitehead

Natural gas power plant · Utah County, Utah

Nameplate capacity
27 MW
Rank in Utah
#57
of 131 plants
In service since
1986
August 1986

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
Operator
City of Springville - (UT)
County
Utah County
Generating units
7
Share of state capacity
0.23%
Rank among natural gas plants in Utah
#11 of 23
EIA plant code
7028

Generating units

Individual generating units at Whitehead
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
K1Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine7.0 MW5.9 MW1986Operating
K2Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine7.0 MW6.0 MW1986Operating
K3CATNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine2.5 MW2.5 MW2024Operating
K4CATNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine2.5 MW2.5 MW2024Operating
K5CATNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine2.5 MW2.5 MW2024Operating
K6CATNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine2.5 MW2.5 MW2016Operating
K7CATNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine2.5 MW2.5 MW2016Operating

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 27 MW solar plant and a 27 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