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Wygen 1

Coal power plant · Campbell County, Wyoming

Nameplate capacity
90 MW
Rank in Wyoming
#34
of 71 plants
In service since
2003
January 2003

Details

Primary fuel
Coal
Technology
Conventional Steam Coal
Operator
Black Hills Ontario LLC
County
Campbell County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.71%
Rank among coal plants in Wyoming
#8 of 10
EIA plant code
55479

Generating units

Individual generating units at Wygen 1
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
0001Conventional Steam Coal90 MW85 MW2003Operating

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 90 MW solar plant and a 90 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