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Naughton

Natural gas power plant · Lincoln County, Wyoming

Nameplate capacity
707 MW
Rank in Wyoming
#4
of 71 plants
In service since
1963
May 1963

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Steam Turbine
Operator
PacifiCorp
County
Lincoln County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
5.55%
Rank among natural gas plants in Wyoming
#2 of 12
EIA plant code
4162

Generating units

Individual generating units at Naughton
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
3Natural Gas Steam Turbine326 MW247 MW1971Operating
2Conventional Steam Coal218 MW201 MW1968Operating
1Conventional Steam Coal163 MW156 MW1963Operating

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 707 MW solar plant and a 707 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