How many natural gas power plants are in Wyoming?

Wyoming has 13 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 1.9 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest natural gas power plant in Wyoming?

Jim Bridger in Sweetwater County, Wyoming is the largest, at 1,164 MW. It came online in 1975.

How many natural gas power plants were built in Wyoming in 2025?

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

Who is developing natural gas 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.

Natural gas power plants in Wyoming

Wyoming has 13 operating natural gas power plants with 1.9 GW of capacity.

Operating13

See planned natural gas power plants in Wyoming

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Wyoming had 12 natural gas power plants online in 2016 and 13 in 2026

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

The 10 largest natural gas power plants in Wyoming

Operating, by capacity

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Jim Bridger	Sweetwater County	1975	1,164 MW
2	Naughton	Lincoln County	1971	326 MW
3	Shute Creek Facility	Lincoln County	2005	144 MW
4	Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station	Laramie County	2014	140 MW
5	Neil Simpson Gas Turbine #2	Campbell County	2001	40 MW
6	Neil Simpson II	Campbell County	2000	40 MW
7	Hartzog	Campbell County	2002	23 MW
8	Barber Creek	Campbell County	2002	23 MW
9	Arvada	Sheridan County	2002	15 MW
10	Big Sand Draw Plant	Fremont County	2015	8 MW

Natural gas power plants that came online most recently in Wyoming

Newest first

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Sinclair Oil Refinery	Carbon County	2024	4 MW
2	Big Sand Draw Plant	Fremont County	2015	8 MW
3	Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station	Laramie County	2014	140 MW
4	Shute Creek Facility	Lincoln County	2005	144 MW
5	Arvada	Sheridan County	2002	15 MW
6	Barber Creek	Campbell County	2002	23 MW
7	Hartzog	Campbell County	2002	23 MW
8	Neil Simpson Gas Turbine #2	Campbell County	2001	40 MW
9	Neil Simpson II	Campbell County	2000	40 MW
10	Beaver Creek Gas Plant	Fremont County	1992	5 MW

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

How Cleanview tracks natural gas power plants

Operating natural gas 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 natural gas power plants in Wyoming

How many natural gas power plants are in Wyoming?: Wyoming has 13 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 1.9 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest natural gas power plant in Wyoming?: Jim Bridger in Sweetwater County, Wyoming is the largest, at 1,164 MW. It came online in 1975.
How many natural gas power plants were built in Wyoming in 2025?: 0 natural gas power plants came online in Wyoming in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing natural gas 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.