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Lake (WY)

Other power plant · Teton County, Wyoming

Nameplate capacity
2.7 MW
Rank in Wyoming
#66
of 71 plants
In service since
1967
September 1967

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
NorthWestern Energy (MT wind/thermal)
County
Teton County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.02%
Rank among other plants in Wyoming
#2 of 3
EIA plant code
7039

Generating units

Individual generating units at Lake (WY)
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Petroleum Liquids2.7 MW2.7 MW1967Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used

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 2.7 MW solar plant and a 2.7 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