Southwest Power Pool

Balancing Authority Summary Information

Southwest Power Pool is ranked #5 out of 64 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	Oct 2026
Annual Generation	314.5 TWh
Power Plants	876
Utilities	471
Ranked #5 out of 64 in terms of net annual generation
Ranked #3 out of 32 in terms of annual generation from wind
Power Plant Types	Wind \| 37.3% Natural Gas \| 26.9% Coal \| 26.5% Nuclear \| 5.1% Water \| 2.6% Solar \| 1.6% Other Fuel \| 0.2%

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

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Plant Name	Utility	Location	Annual Generation	Plant Date	Last Update	Fuel Types
Cushing	City of Cushing - (OK)	Cushing, OK	94 MWh	May 1936	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 71.9% Distillate Fuel Oil : 28.1%
Curtis	City of Curtis - (NE)	Curtis, NE	89 MWh	Dec 1954	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 75.6% Distillate Fuel Oil : 24.4%
Pawhuska	City of Pawhuska - (OK)	Pawhuska, OK	88 MWh	Aug 1949	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Oxford (NE)	Village of Oxford - (NE)	Oxford, NE	82 MWh	Jul 1953	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 67.3% Distillate Fuel Oil : 32.7%
Thunderbird Generator (Tbird)	4 Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.	Emporia, KS	75 MWh	Apr 2019	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Minneapolis City of	City of Minneapolis - (KS)	Minneapolis, KS	74 MWh	Mar 1955	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 88.4% Distillate Fuel Oil : 11.6%
Meade	City of Meade - (KS)	Meade, KS	73 MWh	Dec 1950	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 84.8% Distillate Fuel Oil : 15.2%
Hugoton 2	City of Hugoton - (KS)	Hugoton, KS	73 MWh	Dec 1963	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Malden	City of Malden - (MO)	Malden, MO	68 MWh	Jul 1957	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Scribner Diesel Generation Facility	City of Scribner (NE)	Scribner, NE	68 MWh	Aug 2020	Dec 2025	Other Biomass Liquids : 95.2% Distillate Fuel Oil : 4.8%
Ft. Pierre	City of Fort Pierre - (SD)	Fort Pierre, SD	68 MWh	Sep 2004	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Trenton South	Trenton Municipal Utilities - (MO)	Trenton, MO	64 MWh	Jun 2000	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Mulvane 2	City of Mulvane - (KS)	Mulvane, KS	61 MWh	Aug 2003	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Franklin (NE)	City of Franklin - (NE)	Franklin, NE	60 MWh	Dec 1954	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 94.5% Distillate Fuel Oil : 5.5%
Ansley	City of Ansley - (NE)	Ansley, NE	59 MWh	May 1969	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 63.5% Distillate Fuel Oil : 36.5%
Coon Rapids II	City of Coon Rapids -(IA)	Coon Rapids, IA	57 MWh	Sep 2001	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Trenton North	Trenton Municipal Utilities - (MO)	Trenton, MO	55 MWh	May 1974	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Alta Municipal Utilities	City of Alta - (IA)	Alta, IA	54 MWh	Jul 1947	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Luverne	City of Luverne - (MN)	Luverne, MN	48 MWh	Apr 1967	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Beloit	City of Beloit - (KS)	Beloit, KS	47 MWh	Apr 1950	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 79.0% Distillate Fuel Oil : 21.0%
Wahoo	City of Wahoo - (NE)	Wahoo, NE	42 MWh	Jul 1936	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 64.7% Distillate Fuel Oil : 35.3%
Quay County	Southwestern Public Service Co	Tucumcari, NM	42 MWh	Sep 2013	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Girard	City of Girard - (KS)	Girard, KS	41 MWh	Aug 1955	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil : 87.2% Natural Gas : 12.8%
Hoisington	City of Hoisington - (KS)	Hoisington, KS	39 MWh	Jul 1961	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil : 79.1% Natural Gas : 20.9%
Butler Municipal Power Plant	City of Butler - (MO)	Butler, MO	39 MWh	May 1946	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
David City	City of David City -(NE)	David City, NE	38 MWh	Dec 1948	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil : 99.1% Natural Gas : 0.9%
Red Cloud	City of Red Cloud - (NE)	Red Cloud, NE	37 MWh	Dec 1949	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Laverne Diesel Generating Plant	Town of Laverne - (OK)	Laverne, OK	34 MWh	Dec 2005	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Russell Downtown	City of Russell - (KS)	Russell, KS	33 MWh	Jan 1971	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 68.5% Distillate Fuel Oil : 31.5%
Ashland	City of Ashland - (KS)	Ashland, KS	32 MWh	Aug 1953	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Lincoln	City of Lincoln Center - (KS)	Lincoln, KS	32 MWh	Dec 1957	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 84.3% Distillate Fuel Oil : 15.7%
Auburn	Auburn Board of Public Works	Auburn, NE	31 MWh	May 1949	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 70.4% Distillate Fuel Oil : 29.6%
Osborne	City of Osborne - (KS)	Osborne, KS	30 MWh	May 1957	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil : 61.7% Natural Gas : 38.3%
Sharon Spring	City of Sharon Springs - (KS)	Sharon Springs, KS	30 MWh	Jul 1951	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 96.4% Distillate Fuel Oil : 3.6%
Mobile	Nebraska Public Power District	York, NE	29 MWh	Dec 1979	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Ellinwood	City of Ellinwood - (KS)	Ellinwood, KS	28 MWh	May 1948	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 79.1% Distillate Fuel Oil : 20.9%
Johnson	City of Johnson - (KS)	Johnson, KS	28 MWh	Feb 1950	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Washington	City of Washington - (KS)	Washington, KS	24 MWh	Oct 1953	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil : 92.8% Natural Gas : 7.2%
Kingfisher	City of Kingfisher - (OK)	Kingfisher, OK	24 MWh	Dec 1953	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil : 72.4% Natural Gas : 27.6%
City Light & Water	City of Blue Hill - (NE)	Blue Hill, NE	24 MWh	Dec 1986	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Sterling	City of Sterling - (KS)	Sterling, KS	22 MWh	Jul 1950	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil : 61.7% Natural Gas : 38.3%
Broken Bow	City of Broken Bow - (NE)	Broken Bow, NE	21 MWh	Nov 1936	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil : 85.8% Natural Gas : 14.2%
Rock Rapids	Rock Rapids Municipal Utility - (IA)	Rock Rapids, IA	20 MWh	Mar 1968	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Cambridge	City of Cambridge - (NE)	Cambridge, NE	20 MWh	May 2005	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
St Francis	City of St Francis - (KS)	St Francis, KS	20 MWh	Jul 1953	Dec 2024	Distillate Fuel Oil
Nevada	Evergy Missouri West	Nevada, MO	15 MWh	May 1974	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Madison Utilities	City of Madison - (NE)	Madison, NE	15 MWh	Mar 1953	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Kimball	City of Kimball - (NE)	Kimball, NE	14 MWh	Dec 1943	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Wilber	City of Wilber - (NE)	Wilber, NE	14 MWh	Dec 1959	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Wisner	City of Wisner (NE)	Wisner, NE	14 MWh	Apr 1969	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Anthony	City of Anthony - (KS)	Anthony, KS	13 MWh	Jul 1972	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 94.1% Distillate Fuel Oil : 5.9%
Baldwin City Plant No 1	City of Baldwin City- (KS)	Baldwin City, KS	13 MWh	Apr 1956	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Stuart (NE)	City of Stuart - (NE)	Stuart, NE	13 MWh	Dec 1951	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil : 76.5% Natural Gas : 23.5%
Adrian	Adrian Public Utilities Comm	Adrian, MN	12 MWh	Apr 2005	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Sargent	City of Sargent - (NE)	Sargent, NE	12 MWh	Dec 1953	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Oberlin (KS)	City of Oberlin - (KS)	Oberlin, KS	10 MWh	Dec 1953	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Burlingame	City of Burlingame - (KS)	Burlingame, KS	9 MWh	Jul 1963	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 95.7% Distillate Fuel Oil : 4.3%
Garnett Municipal	City of Garnett - (KS)	Garnett, KS	9 MWh	Dec 1929	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
La Crosse	City of La Crosse - (KS)	La Crosse, KS	9 MWh	Oct 1962	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
West Receiving	City of Denison - (IA)	Denison, IA	8 MWh	Mar 1998	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Hill City	City of Hill City -(KS)	Hill City, KS	6 MWh	Apr 1952	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Waste Water Plant Generator	City of Winfield - (KS)	Winfield, KS	6 MWh	Feb 1993	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Fredonia (KS)	City of Fredonia - (KS)	Fredonia, KS	6 MWh	May 2023	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
La Plata	City of La Plata - (MO)	La Plata, MO	6 MWh	Feb 2013	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Augusta Electric Plant No 1	City of Augusta - (KS)	Augusta, KS	5 MWh	Jul 1929	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Erie	City of Erie - (KS)	Erie, KS	5 MWh	Oct 1958	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Chappell	City of Chappell - (NE)	Chappell, NE	4 MWh	Dec 1939	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Oxford (KS)	City of Oxford - (KS)	Oxford, KS	4 MWh	Jun 1999	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Spalding	Village of Spalding - (NE)	Spalding, NE	3 MWh	Jun 1919	Dec 2025	Water : 66.7% Distillate Fuel Oil : 33.3%
Osawatomie Power Plant South Sub	City of Osawatomie - (KS)	Osawatomie, KS	3 MWh	Feb 2017	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Osawatomie Power Plant North Sub	City of Osawatomie - (KS)	Osawatomie, KS	3 MWh	Apr 2018	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Deshler	City of Deshler - (NE)	Deshler, NE	2 MWh	Dec 1949	Dec 2024	Distillate Fuel Oil
Emerson	City of Emerson - (NE)	Emerson, NE	2 MWh	Dec 1946	Dec 2025	Natural Gas : 65.1% Distillate Fuel Oil : 35.0%
Osmond 1	Northeast Power	Osmond, NE	2 MWh	Nov 2023	Dec 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil

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	7.4 TWh	37
#3	Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.	506.3 TWh	1,487
#2	Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.	677.7 TWh	3,095
#20	Public Service Company of Colorado	47.6 TWh	248
#32	Public Service Company of New Mexico	16.9 TWh	137
#53	Southwestern Power Administration	3.5 TWh	37
#9	Tennessee Valley Authority	166.2 TWh	209
#34	Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region	14.8 TWh	206
#62	Western Area Power Administration - Upper Great Plains West	168.1 GWh	24

Balancing Authorities with Similar Net Generation

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#2	Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.	677.7 TWh	3,095
#3	Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.	506.3 TWh	1,487
#5	Southwest Power Pool	314.5 TWh	876
#6	Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans	259.3 TWh	423
#7	California Independent System Operator	168.7 TWh	2,170
#9	Tennessee Valley Authority	166.2 TWh	209
#10	Florida Power & Light Co.	153.0 TWh	188
#12	New York Independent System Operator	134.1 TWh	1,334
#13	Duke Energy Carolinas	113.4 TWh	578
#15	ISO New England	112.2 TWh	1,667