Southwest Power Pool

Balancing Authority Summary Information

Southwest Power Pool is ranked #5 out of 66 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 2024
Annual Generation	286.9 TWh
Power Plants	744
Utilities	417
Ranked #5 out of 66 in terms of net annual generation
Ranked #3 out of 34 in terms of annual generation from wind
Power Plant Types	Wind \| 36.3% Natural Gas \| 28% Coal \| 26.5% Nuclear \| 5.6% Water \| 3.1% Solar \| 0.3% 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
Chaves County Solar II	Chaves County Solar II, LLC	Roswell, NM	74 GWh	-	Mar 2024	Solar
Sweetland Wind Farm, LLC	Sweetland Wind Farm, LLC	St. Lawrence, SD	380 GWh	-	Mar 2024	Wind
Fall River Solar, LLC	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation	Edgemont, SD	63 GWh	-	Mar 2024	Solar
White Rock East Wind Project	White Rock Wind East, LLC	Anadarko, OK	63 GWh	-	Mar 2024	Wind
White Rock West Wind Project	White Rock Wind West, LLC	Anadarko, OK	111 GWh	-	Mar 2024	Wind
25 Mile Creek	Enel Green Power NA, Inc.	Gage, OK	1 TWh	-	Mar 2024	Wind
Seven Cowboy Wind Project, LLC	Seven Cowboy Wind Project, LLC	Rocky, OK	914 GWh	-	Mar 2024	Wind
Horizon Hill Wind Project	Horizon Hill Wind, LLC	Crescent, OK	30 GWh	-	Mar 2024	Wind
High Banks Wind, LLC	High Banks Wind, LLC	Cuba, KS	854 GWh	-	Mar 2024	Wind
Sunflower Energy Center, LLC	Sunflower Energy Center, LLC	Peabody, KS	452 GWh	-	Mar 2024	Wind
Wakefield	City of Wakefield - (NE)	Wakefield, NE	13 MWh	Dec 1914	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Spalding	Village of Spalding - (NE)	Spalding, NE	5 MWh	Jun 1919	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Kansas River Project	Bowersock Mills & Power Co	Lawrence, KS	14 GWh	Dec 1919	Mar 2024	Water
Kearney	Nebraska Public Power District	Kearney, NE	418 MWh	Dec 1920	Dec 2022	Water
Manning	City of Manning	Manning, IA	57 MWh	Feb 1928	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Falls City	City of Falls City - (NE)	Falls City, NE	196 MWh	Jul 1930	Dec 2022	Natural Gas : 58.1% Distillate Fuel Oil : 41.9%
Sidney (NE)	City of Sidney - (NE)	Sidney, NE	3 MWh	Dec 1930	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Ozark Beach	Empire District Electric Co	Forsyth, MO	62 GWh	May 1931	Dec 2022	Water
North Platte	Nebraska Public Power District	North Platte, NE	56 GWh	Dec 1934	Dec 2022	Water
Columbus	Loup River Public Power Dist	Columbus, NE	100 GWh	Dec 1935	Dec 2022	Water
Monroe (NE)	Loup River Public Power Dist	Monroe, NE	21 GWh	Dec 1935	Dec 2022	Water
Cushing	City of Cushing - (OK)	Cushing, OK	1 GWh	May 1936	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil : 83.7% Natural Gas : 16.3%
Wahoo	City of Wahoo - (NE)	Wahoo, NE	52 MWh	Jul 1936	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil : 79.5% Natural Gas : 20.5%
Broken Bow	City of Broken Bow - (NE)	Broken Bow, NE	66 MWh	Nov 1936	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil : 93.8% Natural Gas : 6.2%
Chappell	City of Chappell - (NE)	Chappell, NE	10 MWh	Dec 1939	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Pensacola	Grand River Dam Authority	Langley, OK	418 GWh	Jul 1940	Dec 2022	Water
Jeffrey	Central Nebraska Pub P&I Dist	Brady, NE	83 GWh	Dec 1940	Dec 2022	Water
Johnson 1	Central Nebraska Pub P&I Dist	Elwood, NE	47 GWh	Mar 1941	Dec 2022	Water
Johnson 2	Central Nebraska Pub P&I Dist	Lexington, NE	55 GWh	Mar 1941	Dec 2022	Water
Kennett	City of Kennett - (MO)	Kennett, MO	6 GWh	Jul 1942	Dec 2022	Natural Gas : 98.1% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.9%
Kimball	City of Kimball - (NE)	Kimball, NE	188 MWh	Dec 1943	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Higginsville	City of Higginsville - (MO)	Higginsville, MO	13 GWh	Dec 1944	Dec 2022	Natural Gas : 99.8%
Mangum	City of Mangum - (OK)	Mangum, OK	167 MWh	Dec 1945	Dec 2021	Natural Gas : 92.3% Distillate Fuel Oil : 7.7%
Butler Municipal Power Plant	City of Butler - (MO)	Butler, MO	108 MWh	May 1946	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Carthage	City of Carthage - (MO)	Carthage, MO	2 GWh	Jun 1946	Dec 2022	Natural Gas : 59.5% Distillate Fuel Oil : 40.5%
Estherville	City of Estherville - (IA)	Estherville, IA	374 MWh	Nov 1946	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Wayne IC	City of Wayne	Wayne, NE	687 MWh	Dec 1946	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Emerson	City of Emerson - (NE)	Emerson, NE	7 MWh	Dec 1946	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil : 78.1% Natural Gas : 21.9%
West Point Municipal	City of West Point - (NE)	West Point, NE	90 MWh	Apr 1947	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil : 50.2% Natural Gas : 49.8%
Lieberman	Southwestern Electric Power Co	Mooringsport, LA	135 GWh	Jun 1947	Dec 2022	Natural Gas
Alta Municipal Utilities	City of Alta - (IA)	Alta, IA	193 MWh	Jul 1947	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Clay Center	City of Clay Center - (KS)	Clay Center, KS	541 MWh	Dec 1947	Dec 2022	Natural Gas : 57.7% Distillate Fuel Oil : 42.3%
Ellinwood	City of Ellinwood - (KS)	Ellinwood, KS	59 MWh	May 1948	Dec 2022	Natural Gas : 54.9% Distillate Fuel Oil : 45.1%
Marshall (MO)	City of Marshall - (MO)	Marshall, MO	8 GWh	May 1948	Dec 2022	Natural Gas : 94.9% Distillate Fuel Oil : 5.1%
American Crystal Sugar Moorhead	American Crystal Sugar Co	Moorhead, MN	37 GWh	Aug 1948	Dec 2022	Subbituminous Coal
Milford	City of Milford - (IA)	Milford, IA	358 MWh	Dec 1948	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
David City	City of David City	David City, NE	65 MWh	Dec 1948	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil : 99.8%
Auburn	Auburn Board of Public Works	Auburn, NE	104 MWh	May 1949	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil : 67.6% Natural Gas : 32.4%
Pawhuska	City of Pawhuska - (OK)	Pawhuska, OK	389 MWh	Aug 1949	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Red Cloud	City of Red Cloud - (NE)	Red Cloud, NE	62 MWh	Dec 1949	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Johnson	City of Johnson - (KS)	Johnson, KS	53 MWh	Feb 1950	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Narrows (AR)	USCE -Vickburg District	Murfreesboro, AR	33 GWh	Apr 1950	Dec 2022	Water
Mustang	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Oklahoma City, OK	648 GWh	Apr 1950	Mar 2024	Natural Gas : 99.2% Solar : 0.8%
Beloit	City of Beloit - (KS)	Beloit, KS	292 MWh	Apr 1950	Dec 2022	Natural Gas : 56.5% Distillate Fuel Oil : 43.5%
Riverton	Empire District Electric Co	Riverton, KS	1 TWh	May 1950	Mar 2024	Natural Gas
Lake Road (MO)	Evergy Missouri West	St Joseph, MO	58 GWh	Jun 1950	Mar 2024	Natural Gas : 82.7% Subbituminous Coal : 12.0% Distillate Fuel Oil : 5.2%
Sterling	City of Sterling - (KS)	Sterling, KS	82 MWh	Jul 1950	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil : 66.4% Natural Gas : 33.6%
Osawatomie City of	City of Osawatomie - (KS)	Osawatomie, KS	48 MWh	Sep 1950	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Knox Lee	Southwestern Electric Power Co	Longview, TX	364 GWh	Nov 1950	Dec 2022	Natural Gas
Jetmore	City of Jetmore	Jetmore, KS	232 MWh	Dec 1950	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Meade	City of Meade - (KS)	Meade, KS	106 MWh	Dec 1950	Dec 2022	Natural Gas : 68.5% Distillate Fuel Oil : 31.5%
Laurens	City of Laurens - (IA)	Laurens, IA	457 MWh	Jun 1951	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Sharon Spring	City of Sharon Springs - (KS)	Sharon Springs, KS	24 MWh	Jul 1951	Dec 2022	Natural Gas : 86.8% Distillate Fuel Oil : 13.2%
Stuart (NE)	City of Stuart - (NE)	Stuart, NE	22 MWh	Dec 1951	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil : 80.7% Natural Gas : 19.3%
Plant X	Southwestern Public Service Co	Earth, TX	520 GWh	Dec 1951	Dec 2022	Natural Gas
Hill City	City of Hill City	Hill City, KS	16 MWh	Apr 1952	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Southwestern	Public Service Co of Oklahoma	Anadarko, OK	825 GWh	Jun 1952	Dec 2022	Natural Gas
J Robert Massengale	City of Lubbock - (TX)	Lubock, TX	17 GWh	Aug 1952	Dec 2022	Natural Gas
Pender	City of Pender - (NE)	Pender, NE	54 MWh	Dec 1952	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil : 99.6%
Madison Utilities	City of Madison - (NE)	Madison, NE	14 MWh	Mar 1953	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil : 77.7% Natural Gas : 22.3%
Anadarko Plant	Western Farmers Elec Coop, Inc	Anadarko, OK	1 TWh	Jul 1953	Mar 2024	Natural Gas
Oxford (NE)	Village of Oxford - (NE)	Oxford, NE	31 MWh	Jul 1953	Dec 2022	Natural Gas : 82.2% Distillate Fuel Oil : 17.8%
Ashland	City of Ashland - (KS)	Ashland, KS	58 MWh	Aug 1953	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Washington	City of Washington - (KS)	Washington, KS	61 MWh	Oct 1953	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil : 94.1% Natural Gas : 5.9%
Kingfisher	City of Kingfisher - (OK)	Kingfisher, OK	129 MWh	Dec 1953	Dec 2022	Natural Gas : 65.0% Distillate Fuel Oil : 35.0%
Oberlin (KS)	City of Oberlin - (KS)	Oberlin, KS	53 MWh	Dec 1953	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Sargent	City of Sargent - (NE)	Sargent, NE	9 MWh	Dec 1953	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Fort Randall	USACE-Omaha	Pickstown, SD	2 TWh	Feb 1954	Dec 2022	Water
North Omaha	Omaha Public Power District	Omaha, NE	2 TWh	Jun 1954	Mar 2024	Subbituminous Coal : 88.1% Natural Gas : 11.9%
Tesoro Mandan Cogeneration Plant	Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co LLC	Mandan, ND	35 GWh	Sep 1954	Mar 2024	Other Gas : 75.4% Natural Gas : 24.6%
Lawrence Energy Center	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	Lawrence, KS	2 TWh	Dec 1954	Mar 2024	Subbituminous Coal : 83.6% Natural Gas : 16.4%
Belleville	City of Belleville - (KS)	Belleville, KS	360 MWh	Dec 1954	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil : 90.1% Natural Gas : 9.9%
Franklin (NE)	City of Franklin - (NE)	Franklin, NE	25 MWh	Dec 1954	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil : 52.3% Natural Gas : 47.7%
Curtis	City of Curtis - (NE)	Curtis, NE	54 MWh	Dec 1954	Dec 2022	Natural Gas : 68.2% Distillate Fuel Oil : 31.8%
Burwell	City of Burwell - (NE)	Burwell, NE	36 MWh	Feb 1955	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Minneapolis City of	City of Minneapolis - (KS)	Minneapolis, KS	117 MWh	Mar 1955	Dec 2022	Natural Gas : 80.3% Distillate Fuel Oil : 19.7%
Burlington (KS)	City of Burlington - (KS)	Burlington, KS	169 MWh	Jun 1955	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil : 95.3% Natural Gas : 4.7%
Girard	City of Girard - (KS)	Girard, KS	468 MWh	Aug 1955	Dec 2022	Natural Gas : 50.0% Distillate Fuel Oil : 50.0%
Garrison	USACE-Omaha	Riverside, ND	2 TWh	Dec 1955	Dec 2022	Water
Laurel	City of Laurel - (NE)	Laurel, NE	12 MWh	Dec 1955	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil : 76.1% Natural Gas : 23.9%
Baldwin City Plant No 1	City of Baldwin City- (KS)	Baldwin City, KS	21 MWh	Apr 1956	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Sumner	City of Sumner - (IA)	Sumner, IA	337 MWh	Jul 1956	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Coffeyville	City of Coffeyville - (KS)	Coffeyville, KS	2 GWh	Jul 1956	Dec 2022	Natural Gas : 97.8% Distillate Fuel Oil : 2.2%
Boomer Lake Station	Stillwater Utilities Authority	Stillwater, OK	34 MWh	Aug 1956	Mar 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil
Gavins Point	USACE-Omaha	Crofton, NE	753 GWh	Aug 1956	Dec 2022	Water
Tulsa	Public Service Co of Oklahoma	Tulsa, OK	262 GWh	Oct 1956	Dec 2022	Natural Gas : 99.9%
Cunningham	Southwestern Public Service Co	Hobbs, NM	1 TWh	Dec 1956	Mar 2024	Natural Gas
Osborne	City of Osborne - (KS)	Osborne, KS	41 MWh	May 1957	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil : 71.6% Natural Gas : 28.4%
James River Power Station	City Utilities of Springfield - (MO)	Springfield, MO	156 GWh	May 1957	Mar 2024	Natural Gas : 95.0% Distillate Fuel Oil : 5.0%
Malden	City of Malden - (MO)	Malden, MO	180 MWh	Jul 1957	Dec 2022	Distillate Fuel Oil

Surrounding Balancing Authorities

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#27	Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.	21.9 TWh	46
#48	El Paso Electric Company	6.0 TWh	25
#4	Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.	456.8 TWh	1,008
#2	Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.	623.7 TWh	2,502
#20	Public Service Company of Colorado	47.5 TWh	183
#34	Public Service Company of New Mexico	16.0 TWh	105
#54	Southwestern Power Administration	3.3 TWh	29
#9	Tennessee Valley Authority	156.8 TWh	150
#22	Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region	37.1 TWh	158
#64	Western Area Power Administration - Upper Great Plains West	534.4 GWh	24

Balancing Authorities with Similar Net Generation

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#2	Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.	623.7 TWh	2,502
#4	Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.	456.8 TWh	1,008
#5	Southwest Power Pool	286.9 TWh	744
#6	Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans	244.3 TWh	381
#7	California Independent System Operator	186.4 TWh	1,865
#9	Tennessee Valley Authority	156.8 TWh	150
#10	Florida Power & Light Co.	145.1 TWh	155
#12	New York Independent System Operator	128.8 TWh	983
#13	Duke Energy Carolinas	109.3 TWh	547
#15	ISO New England	99.6 TWh	1,365