Southwest Power Pool

Balancing Authority Summary Information

Southwest Power Pool is ranked #5 out of 65 balancing authorities in terms of total annual electricity generation.

Balancing Authority	Southwest Power Pool
States	Arkansas Colorado Iowa Kansas Louisiana Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska New Mexico North Dakota Oklahoma South Dakota Texas
Last Update	May 2025
Annual Generation	296.3 TWh
Power Plants	762
Utilities	424
Ranked #5 out of 65 in terms of net annual generation
Ranked #3 out of 34 in terms of annual generation from wind
Power Plant Types	Wind \| 36.8% Natural Gas \| 27.4% Coal \| 26.4% Nuclear \| 5.6% Water \| 3.1% Solar \| 0.5% Other Fuel \| 0.1%

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Daily Net Generation for Southwest Power Pool for the past 3 Years

Plant Name	Utility	Location	Annual Generation	Plant Date	Last Update	Fuel Types
Aberdeen CT	NorthWestern Energy - (SD)	Aberdeen, SD	44 GWh	Apr 1978	Nov 2023	Natural Gas : 99.4% Distillate Fuel Oil : 0.6%
Elk Station	Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc	Abernathy, TX	934 GWh	May 2015	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Antelope Station	Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc	Abernathy, TX	256 GWh	May 2011	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Adrian	Adrian Public Utilities Comm	Adrian, MN	7 MWh	Apr 2005	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Ainsworth Wind	Nebraska Public Power District	Ainsworth, NE	85 GWh	Sep 2005	Dec 2023	Wind
Alexander Wind Farm LLC	SRIV Partnership LLC	Alexander, KS	188 GWh	Nov 2015	Dec 2023	Wind
Lonesome Creek Station	Basin Electric Power Coop	Alexander, ND	1 TWh	Oct 2013	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Algona	City of Algona - (IA)	Algona, IA	1 GWh	Nov 1965	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil : 86.8% Natural Gas : 13.2%
Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project	City of Algona - (IA)	Algona, IA	4 GWh	May 2000	Dec 2023	Wind
Alta Municipal Utilities	City of Alta - (IA)	Alta, IA	372 MWh	Jul 1947	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Sundance Wind Project, LLC	Public Service Co of Oklahoma	Alva, OK	642 GWh	Mar 2021	Feb 2025	Wind
Waynoka Gas Processing Plant	Targa Pipeline Mid-Continent West OK LLC	Alva, OK	18 GWh	Jun 2006	Feb 2025	Natural Gas
Harrington	Southwestern Public Service Co	Amarillo, TX	2 TWh	Dec 1975	Feb 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 78.0% Natural Gas : 22.0%
Pantex	Pantex (NNSA)	Amarillo, TX	24 GWh	May 2014	Jan 2025	Wind
Nichols	Southwestern Public Service Co	Amarillo, TX	1 TWh	Dec 1959	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Southwestern	Public Service Co of Oklahoma	Anadarko, OK	1 TWh	Jun 1952	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
WFEC GenCo LLC	Western Farmers Elec Coop, Inc	Anadarko, OK	115 GWh	Apr 2001	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Anadarko Plant	Western Farmers Elec Coop, Inc	Anadarko, OK	1 TWh	Jul 1953	Feb 2025	Natural Gas
White Rock East Wind Project	White Rock Wind East, LLC	Anadarko, OK	500 GWh	-	Feb 2025	Wind
White Rock West Wind Project	White Rock Wind West, LLC	Anadarko, OK	361 GWh	Nov 2023	Feb 2025	Wind
Prairie Sky Solar Farm	Kansas Electric Power Coop Inc	Andover, KS	2 GWh	Jan 2017	Dec 2023	Solar
Pratt Wind, LLC	Pratt Wind, LLC	Andover, KS	922 GWh	Nov 2018	Feb 2025	Wind
Ansley	City of Ansley - (NE)	Ansley, NE	14 MWh	May 1969	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil : 90.2% Natural Gas : 9.8%
Anthony	City of Anthony - (KS)	Anthony, KS	41 MWh	Jul 1972	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 88.1% Distillate Fuel Oil : 11.9%
Caddo Wind	ALLETE Clean Energy	Apache, OK	778 GWh	Dec 2021	Feb 2025	Wind
Pine Ridge	Western Farmers Elec Coop, Inc	Apache, OK	4 GWh	Feb 2017	Feb 2025	Solar
Oak Grove Power Producers	Cube District Energy, LLC	Arcadia, KS	20 GWh	Feb 2010	Dec 2023	Landfill Gas
Great Western Wind Energy, LLC	EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc.	Arnett, OK	925 GWh	Nov 2016	Feb 2025	Wind
Ashdown	Domtar Industries Inc	Ashdown, AR	571 GWh	Dec 1967	Feb 2025	Black Liquor : 66.3% Natural Gas : 15.6% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 10.9% Bituminous Coal : 5.9% Tire-derived Fuels : 1.3%
Ashland	City of Ashland - (KS)	Ashland, KS	27 MWh	Aug 1953	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Platteview Solar LLC	AES Distributed Energy	Ashland, NE	122 GWh	-	Feb 2025	Solar
Auburn	Auburn Board of Public Works	Auburn, NE	155 MWh	May 1949	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 72.6% Distillate Fuel Oil : 27.4%
Augusta Electric Plant No 2	City of Augusta - (KS)	Augusta, KS	1 GWh	Jun 1968	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 92.8% Distillate Fuel Oil : 7.2%
Wilkes	Southwestern Electric Power Co	Avinger, TX	1 TWh	Apr 1964	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Baldwin City Plant No 1	City of Baldwin City- (KS)	Baldwin City, KS	19 MWh	Apr 1956	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Baldwin City Plant No 2	City of Baldwin City- (KS)	Baldwin City, KS	145 MWh	Jul 2004	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 80.0% Distillate Fuel Oil : 20.0%
Ponderosa Wind II	Ponderosa Wind II, LLC	Balko, OK	104 GWh	-	Feb 2025	Wind
Balko Wind LLC	Balko Wind LLC	Balko, OK	927 GWh	Jul 2015	Feb 2025	Wind
Beatrice	Nebraska Public Power District	Beatrice, NE	580 GWh	Dec 2004	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Elk River Wind	Avangrid Renewables LLC	Beaumont, KS	288 GWh	Nov 2005	Dec 2023	Wind
Bluestem	Bluestem Wind Energy, LLC	Beaver, OK	796 GWh	Nov 2016	Feb 2025	Wind
Ponderosa Wind Energy Center	Ponderosa Wind, LLC	Beaver, OK	951 GWh	Oct 2020	Feb 2025	Wind
Belleville	City of Belleville - (KS)	Belleville, KS	178 MWh	Dec 1954	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 63.2% Distillate Fuel Oil : 36.8%
Papillion Creek Wastewater	City of Omaha	Bellevue, NE	6 GWh	Apr 1987	Jan 2025	Natural Gas : 95.6% Other Biomass Gas : 4.4%
Sarpy County	Omaha Public Power District	Bellevue, NE	162 GWh	May 1972	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 95.7% Distillate Fuel Oil : 4.3%
Beloit	City of Beloit - (KS)	Beloit, KS	114 MWh	Apr 1950	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 87.4% Distillate Fuel Oil : 12.6%
Beloit Solar LLC	PPM Solar LLC	Beloit, KS	5 GWh	May 2022	Dec 2023	Solar
Elk City Station	Omaha Public Power District	Bennington, NE	49 GWh	Mar 2002	Dec 2023	Landfill Gas
Antelope Valley	Basin Electric Power Coop	Beulah, ND	5 TWh	Jun 1984	Feb 2025	Lignite Coal : 99.3% Natural Gas : 0.7%
Frontier Windpower II	Duke Energy Renewables Services	Blackwell, OK	600 GWh	Jan 2021	Feb 2025	Wind
NextEra-Blackwell Wind, LLC	Blackwell Wind, LLC	Blackwell, OK	89 GWh	Nov 2012	Dec 2023	Wind
Elkhorn Ridge Wind LLC	Elkhorn Ridge Wind, LLC	Bloomfield, NE	157 GWh	Feb 2009	Dec 2023	Wind
Crofton Bluffs Wind LLC	Crofton Bluffs Wind, LLC	Bloomfield, NE	119 GWh	Oct 2012	Dec 2023	Wind
City Light & Water	City of Blue Hill - (NE)	Blue Hill, NE	6 MWh	Dec 1986	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Little Blue Wind Project, LLC	Little Blue Wind Project, LLC	Blue Hill, NE	1 TWh	Nov 2021	Feb 2025	Wind
Cottonwood Wind Energy Center	Cottonwood Wind Project	Blue Hill, NE	422 GWh	Oct 2017	Feb 2025	Wind
Thunderhead Wind Energy LLC	Invenergy Services LLC	Boone, NE	1 TWh	Oct 2022	Feb 2025	Wind
Engineered Carbons Borger Cogen	Orion Engineered Carbons	Borger, TX	40 GWh	Sep 1982	Dec 2023	Other Gas : 99.5%
Borger Plant	Sid Richardson Carbon Ltd	Borger, TX	46 GWh	Jan 1985	Dec 2023	Blast Furnace Gas : 77.0% Natural Gas : 23.0%
Black Hawk Station	Borger Energy Associates LP	Borger, TX	1 TWh	May 1999	Feb 2025	Natural Gas : 87.9% Other Gas : 12.1%
Burke Wind, LLC	Burke Wind LLC	Bowbells, ND	829 GWh	Nov 2020	Feb 2025	Wind
Jeffrey	Central Nebraska Pub P&I Dist	Brady, NE	81 GWh	Dec 1940	Dec 2023	Water
Rock Falls Wind Farm LLC	Public Service Co of Oklahoma	Braman, OK	517 GWh	Nov 2017	Feb 2025	Wind
Branch Solar Farm	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Branch, AR	10 GWh	Sep 2021	Dec 2023	Solar
Exira	Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny	Brayton, IA	230 GWh	Mar 2004	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 99.0% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.0%
Oneta Energy Center	Oneta Power LLC	Broken Arrow, OK	6 TWh	Jun 2002	Feb 2025	Natural Gas
Broken Bow Wind LLC	Broken Bow Wind LLC	Broken Bow, NE	224 GWh	Nov 2012	Dec 2023	Wind
Broken Bow	City of Broken Bow - (NE)	Broken Bow, NE	82 MWh	Nov 1936	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil : 95.2% Natural Gas : 4.8%
Broken Bow Wind II, LLC	Consolidated Edison Development Inc.	Broken Bow, NE	270 GWh	Sep 2014	Dec 2023	Wind
Broken Bow Dam	USCE-Tulsa District	Broken Bow, OK	171 GWh	Dec 1969	Dec 2023	Water
Cooper Nuclear Station	Nebraska Public Power District	Brownville, NE	6 TWh	Feb 1974	Feb 2025	Nuclear
Cedar Bluff Wind, LLC	Cedar Bluff Wind, LLC	Brownwell, KS	802 GWh	Nov 2015	Dec 2023	Wind
Burlingame	City of Burlingame - (KS)	Burlingame, KS	46 MWh	Jul 1963	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 51.5% Distillate Fuel Oil : 48.5%
Burlington (KS)	City of Burlington - (KS)	Burlington, KS	117 MWh	Jun 1955	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Wolf Creek Generating Station	Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp	Burlington, KS	9 TWh	Aug 1985	Feb 2025	Nuclear
Wolf Creek Generator	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.	Burlington, KS	106 MWh	Mar 2014	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
DeGraff Butler Electric	Today's Power, Inc.	Burns, KS	2 GWh	Apr 2021	Dec 2023	Solar
Burwell	City of Burwell - (NE)	Burwell, NE	35 MWh	Feb 1955	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Butler Municipal Power Plant	City of Butler - (MO)	Butler, MO	37 MWh	May 1946	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Butler Solar Power Project	Missouri Jnt Muni.Pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.	Butler, MO	4 GWh	Feb 2014	Feb 2025	Solar
Choctaw Nation Solar Farm	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Calera, OK	10 GWh	Jun 2020	Dec 2023	Solar
Cambridge	City of Cambridge - (NE)	Cambridge, NE	12 MWh	May 2005	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Crossroads Wind Farm	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Canton, OK	306 GWh	Dec 2011	Feb 2025	Wind
UL Advanced Wind Turbine Test Facility	West Texas A&M University	Canyon, TX	8 GWh	Dec 2015	Dec 2023	Wind
SPS5 Hopi	SunE SPS5, LLC	Carlsbad, NM	20 GWh	Nov 2011	Dec 2023	Solar
Blue Canyon Windpower V LLC	Blue Canyon Windpower V LLC	Carnegie, OK	272 GWh	Sep 2009	Dec 2023	Wind
Blue Canyon Windpower II	Blue Canyon Windpower II LLC	Carnegie, OK	568 GWh	Nov 2005	Dec 2023	Wind
Blue Canyon Windpower	Blue Canyon Windpower LLC	Carnegie, OK	64 GWh	Nov 2003	Dec 2023	Wind
Blue Canyon Windpower VI LLC	Blue Canyon Windpower VI LLC	Carnegie, OK	295 GWh	Nov 2011	Dec 2023	Wind
Skeleton Creek Energy Center Hybrid	Skeleton Creek Energy Center	Carrier, OK	962 GWh	Nov 2020	Feb 2025	Wind
Haystack Wind Project, LLC	Haystack Wind Project, LLC	Carroll, NE	754 GWh	Feb 2022	Feb 2025	Wind
Carthage	City of Carthage - (MO)	Carthage, MO	2 GWh	Jun 1946	Dec 2022	Natural Gas : 71.9% Distillate Fuel Oil : 28.1%
Chamberlain Wind Project	Basin Electric Power Coop	Chamberlain, SD	98 MWh	Oct 2001	Dec 2022	Wind
Big Bend Dam	USACE-Omaha	Chamberlain, SD	771 GWh	Aug 1964	Dec 2023	Water
Chanute 2	City of Chanute	Chanute, KS	79 GWh	Jul 1965	Dec 2023	Natural Gas
Chanute 3	City of Chanute	Chanute, KS	694 MWh	Sep 1985	Dec 2023	Natural Gas : 83.8% Distillate Fuel Oil : 16.2%
Chappell	City of Chappell - (NE)	Chappell, NE	72 MWh	Dec 1939	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil
Cheney Solar	Today's Power, Inc.	Cheney, KS	2 GWh	Mar 2021	Dec 2023	Solar
Dempsey Ridge Wind Farm	Acciona Wind Energy USA LLC	Cheyenne, OK	188 GWh	Apr 2012	Dec 2023	Wind
Chillicothe	Chillicothe Municipal Utils	Chillicothe, MO	9 GWh	May 1986	Dec 2023	Distillate Fuel Oil : 69.9% Natural Gas : 30.1%

Surrounding Balancing Authorities

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#26	Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.	22.9 TWh	47
#46	El Paso Electric Company	6.7 TWh	31
#3	Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.	474.5 TWh	1,139
#2	Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.	645.5 TWh	2,653
#20	Public Service Company of Colorado	48.6 TWh	201
#35	Public Service Company of New Mexico	15.1 TWh	108
#51	Southwestern Power Administration	4.2 TWh	31
#8	Tennessee Valley Authority	158.9 TWh	170
#23	Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region	35.8 TWh	170
#64	Western Area Power Administration - Upper Great Plains West	471.1 GWh	24

Balancing Authorities with Similar Net Generation

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#2	Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.	645.5 TWh	2,653
#3	Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.	474.5 TWh	1,139
#5	Southwest Power Pool	296.3 TWh	762
#6	Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans	252.3 TWh	393
#7	California Independent System Operator	189.5 TWh	1,943
#8	Tennessee Valley Authority	158.9 TWh	170
#10	Florida Power & Light Co.	148.5 TWh	159
#12	New York Independent System Operator	130.9 TWh	1,100
#13	Duke Energy Carolinas	111.3 TWh	556
#15	ISO New England	103.6 TWh	1,487