Dry Fork Station
Coal power plant · Campbell County, Wyoming
Nameplate capacity
484 MW
Rank in Wyoming
#7
of 71 plants
In service since
2011
November 2011
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Basin Electric Power Coop
- County
- Campbell County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 3.80%
- Rank among coal plants in Wyoming
- #3 of 10
- EIA plant code
- 56609
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Conventional Steam Coal | 484 MW | 390 MW | 2011 | 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 Wyoming
| Rock Creek Wind | Wind | 590 MW |
| TB Flats | Wind | 503 MW |
| Cedar Springs Wind IV | Wind | 390 MW |
| Wyodak | Coal | 362 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 484 MW solar plant and a 484 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 Wyoming power plants · What Wyoming actually generates