How many coal power plants are in Wyoming?

Wyoming has 12 operating utility-scale coal power plants with 5.5 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest coal power plant in Wyoming?

Laramie River Station in Platte County, Wyoming is the largest, at 1,863 MW. It came online in 1982.

How many coal power plants were built in Wyoming in 2025?

0 coal power plants came online in Wyoming in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.

Who is developing coal power plants in Wyoming?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Coal power plants in Wyoming

Wyoming has 12 operating coal power plants with 5.5 GW of capacity.

Operating12

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Wyoming had 12 coal power plants online in 2016 and 12 in 2026

2016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’252026’26

Coal power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest coal power plants in Wyoming

Operating, by capacity

#	Coal power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Laramie River Station	Platte County	1982	1,863 MW
2	Jim Bridger	Sweetwater County	1979	1,162 MW
3	Dave Johnston	Converse County	1972	817 MW
4	Dry Fork Station	Campbell County	2011	484 MW
5	Naughton	Lincoln County	1968	381 MW
6	Wyodak	Campbell County	1978	362 MW
7	Wygen III	Campbell County	2010	116 MW
8	Wygen 2	Campbell County	2008	95 MW
9	Wygen 1	Campbell County	2003	90 MW
10	Neil Simpson II	Campbell County	1995	90 MW

Coal power plants that came online most recently in Wyoming

Newest first

#	Coal power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Dry Fork Station	Campbell County	2011	484 MW
2	Wygen III	Campbell County	2010	116 MW
3	Wygen 2	Campbell County	2008	95 MW
4	Wygen 1	Campbell County	2003	90 MW
5	Neil Simpson II	Campbell County	1995	90 MW
6	Laramie River Station	Platte County	1982	1,863 MW
7	Jim Bridger	Sweetwater County	1979	1,162 MW
8	Wyodak	Campbell County	1978	362 MW
9	General Chemical	Sweetwater County	1977	30 MW
10	WE Soda Alkalai LLC	Sweetwater County	1975	41 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks coal power plants

Operating coal power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about coal power plants in Wyoming

How many coal power plants are in Wyoming?: Wyoming has 12 operating utility-scale coal power plants with 5.5 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest coal power plant in Wyoming?: Laramie River Station in Platte County, Wyoming is the largest, at 1,863 MW. It came online in 1982.
How many coal power plants were built in Wyoming in 2025?: 0 coal power plants came online in Wyoming in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing coal power plants in Wyoming?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.