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	297.0 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 \| 37.2% Natural Gas \| 27.1% Coal \| 26.3% 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
Nebraska City	Omaha Public Power District	Nebraska City, NE	6 TWh	Mar 1979	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.6%
Whelan Energy Center	City of Hastings - (NE)	Hastings, NE	1 TWh	Jun 1981	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.7%
Holcomb	Sunflower Electric Power Corp	Holcomb, KS	1 TWh	Jul 1983	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.1% Natural Gas : 0.9%
GREC	Grand River Dam Authority	Chouteau, OK	4 TWh	May 1981	Mar 2025	Natural Gas : 76.8% Subbituminous Coal : 23.2%
Buffalo Dunes Wind Project	Buffalo Dunes Wind Project LLC	Satanta, KS	873 GWh	Nov 2013	Mar 2025	Wind
Nearman Creek	City of Kansas City - (KS)	Kansas, KS	1 TWh	May 1981	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 87.5% Natural Gas : 11.1% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.4%
Wolf Creek Generating Station	Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp	Burlington, KS	9 TWh	Aug 1985	Mar 2025	Nuclear
San Juan Mesa Wind Project LLC	NRG Energy Gas & Wind Holdings Inc	Elida, NM	218 GWh	Nov 2005	Mar 2025	Wind
Ashdown	Domtar Industries Inc	Ashdown, AR	567 GWh	Dec 1967	Mar 2025	Black Liquor : 65.9% Natural Gas : 15.9% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 11.0% Bituminous Coal : 6.0% Tire-derived Fuels : 1.2%
Northeastern	Public Service Co of Oklahoma	Oologah, OK	4 TWh	Mar 1961	Mar 2025	Natural Gas : 68.4% Subbituminous Coal : 31.6%
Cimarron Wind Energy LLC	Cimarron Wind Energy LLC	Cimmaron, KS	448 GWh	Oct 2012	Mar 2025	Wind
Lorenzo Wind	Lorenzo Wind, LLC	Lorenzo, TX	342 GWh	Nov 2018	Mar 2025	Wind
Butler Solar Power Project	Missouri Jnt Muni.Pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.	Butler, MO	4 GWh	Feb 2014	Mar 2025	Solar
Grand Ave Plant	Veolia Energy Kansas City	Kansas City, MO	39 GWh	Jun 1991	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Antelope Valley	Basin Electric Power Coop	Beulah, ND	5 TWh	Jun 1984	Mar 2025	Lignite Coal : 99.4% Natural Gas : 0.6%
Welsh	Southwestern Electric Power Co	Pittsburg, TX	4 TWh	Feb 1977	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.8%
Mustang	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Oklahoma City, OK	593 GWh	Apr 1950	Mar 2025	Natural Gas : 99.2% Solar : 0.8%
Frontier	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Oklahoma City, OK	708 GWh	Aug 1989	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Sheldon	Nebraska Public Power District	Hallam, NE	728 GWh	Dec 1960	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.7%
Fort Dodge	Sunflower Electric Power Corp	Dodge City, KS	98 GWh	May 1969	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Jeffrey Energy Center	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	St. Mary's, KS	6 TWh	Jun 1978	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.8%
Riverton	Empire District Electric Co	Riverton, KS	1 TWh	May 1950	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Gordon Evans Energy Center	Evergy Kansas South, Inc	Colwich, KS	302 GWh	May 1961	Mar 2025	Natural Gas : 98.9% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.1%
La Cygne	Evergy Metro	La Cygne, KS	6 TWh	May 1973	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 98.7% Bituminous Coal : 0.7% Distillate Fuel Oil : 0.5%
Elk City LLC	Elk City LLC	Sweetwater, OK	504 GWh	Nov 2009	Mar 2025	Wind
Lawrence Energy Center	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	Lawrence, KS	852 GWh	Dec 1954	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 65.3% Natural Gas : 34.7%
Balko Wind LLC	Balko Wind LLC	Balko, OK	926 GWh	Jul 2015	Mar 2025	Wind
Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, LLC	Dixon, NE	979 GWh	Nov 2018	Mar 2025	Wind
Hale Community Wind Farm	Southwestern Public Service Co	Plainview, TX	2 TWh	May 2019	Mar 2025	Wind
Roosevelt County	Boralex US Operations LLC	Portales, NM	1 TWh	Nov 2015	Mar 2025	Wind
Chisholm View Wind Project	Chisholm View Wind Project	Hunter, OK	973 GWh	Nov 2012	Mar 2025	Wind
Riverside (OK)	Public Service Co of Oklahoma	Jenks, OK	1 TWh	Mar 1974	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Muskogee	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Fort Gibson, OK	3 TWh	Nov 1977	Mar 2025	Natural Gas : 73.5% Subbituminous Coal : 26.5%
Sooner	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Red Rock, OK	2 TWh	Oct 1979	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 98.9% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.1%
Terry Bundy Generating Station	Lincoln Electric System	Lincoln, NE	161 GWh	Jul 2003	Mar 2025	Natural Gas : 83.8% Landfill Gas : 15.2% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.0%
Hugo	Western Farmers Elec Coop, Inc	Fort Towson, OK	2 TWh	Mar 1982	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.6%
Harrington	Southwestern Public Service Co	Amarillo, TX	2 TWh	Dec 1975	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 70.4% Natural Gas : 29.6%
Anadarko Plant	Western Farmers Elec Coop, Inc	Anadarko, OK	1 TWh	Jul 1953	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Green Country Energy LLC	Green Country OP Services LLC	Jenks, OK	4 TWh	Jan 2002	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Black Hawk Station	Borger Energy Associates LP	Borger, TX	1 TWh	May 1999	Mar 2025	Natural Gas : 87.8% Other Gas : 12.2%
International Paper Valliant OK	International Paper - Valliant	Valliant, OK	449 GWh	Sep 1971	Mar 2025	Black Liquor : 57.3% Natural Gas : 28.5% Other Biomass Solids : 14.3%
Redbud Power Plant	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Luther, OK	5 TWh	Apr 2004	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Wessington Springs	Wessington Wind	Wessington Springs, SD	239 GWh	Jan 2009	Mar 2025	Wind
J Lamar Stall Unit	Southwestern Electric Power Co	Shreveport, LA	3 TWh	May 2010	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
McClain Energy Facility	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Newcastle, OK	2 TWh	May 2001	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Tesoro Mandan Cogeneration Plant	Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co LLC	Mandan, ND	47 GWh	Sep 1954	Mar 2025	Other Gas : 61.4% Natural Gas : 38.6%
Seminole	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Konowa, OK	2 TWh	Feb 1971	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Canadian Hills Wind	Canadian Hills Wind LLC	El Rino, OK	309 GWh	Nov 2012	Mar 2025	Wind
Crossroads Wind Farm	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Canton, OK	302 GWh	Dec 2011	Mar 2025	Wind
Bonanza BioEnergy LLC	Bonanza BioEnergy LLC	Garden City, KS	6 GWh	Jul 2008	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Steele Flats Wind Project LLC	Steele Flats Wind Project LLC	Diller, NE	209 GWh	Sep 2013	Mar 2025	Wind
Palo Duro Wind	Palo Duro Wind	Perryton, TX	838 GWh	Nov 2014	Mar 2025	Wind
El Dorado Refinery	Frontier El Dorado Refinery LLC	El Dorado, KS	218 GWh	Dec 1995	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Flat Ridge 2 Wind Energy LLC	AE Power Services LLC	Zenda, KS	1 TWh	Sep 2012	Mar 2025	Wind
Goodwell Wind Project LLC	Enel Green Power NA, Inc.	Goodwell, OK	705 GWh	Nov 2015	Mar 2025	Wind
Kingfisher Wind LLC	Kingfisher Wind LLC	Kingfisher, OK	827 GWh	Feb 2016	Mar 2025	Wind
Buckeye Wind Energy Center	Invenergy Services LLC	Hays, KS	683 GWh	Jul 2015	Mar 2025	Wind
Springfield Solar 1 LLC	Strata Manager, LLC	Strafford, MO	8 GWh	May 2014	Mar 2025	Solar
East Kansas Agri-Energy, LLC	East Kansas Agri-Energy, LLC	Garnett, KS	5 GWh	May 2005	Mar 2025	Waste Heat
Caprock Solar 1 LLC	Duke Energy Renewables Services	San Jon, NM	68 GWh	Nov 2016	Mar 2025	Solar
Drift Sand Wind Project LLC	Enel Green Power NA, Inc.	Rush Springs, OK	377 GWh	Nov 2016	Mar 2025	Wind
Grande Prairie Wind Farm	BHE Renewables, LLC	O'Neill, NE	2 TWh	Nov 2016	Mar 2025	Wind
Post Rock Wind Power Project, LLC	Pattern Operators LP	Ellsworth, KS	382 GWh	Aug 2012	Mar 2025	Wind
North Omaha	Omaha Public Power District	Omaha, NE	1 TWh	Jun 1954	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 83.3% Natural Gas : 16.7%
Maddox	Southwestern Public Service Co	Hobbs, NM	617 GWh	Dec 1962	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Leland Olds	Basin Electric Power Coop	Stanton, ND	3 TWh	Dec 1965	Mar 2025	Lignite Coal : 99.5%
Greenwood (MO)	Evergy Missouri West	Greenwood, MO	164 GWh	Apr 1975	Mar 2025	Natural Gas : 95.9% Solar : 2.5% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.6%
Hawthorn	Evergy Metro	Kansas City, MO	3 TWh	Apr 1969	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 75.6% Natural Gas : 24.4%
Iatan	Evergy Metro	Weston, MO	5 TWh	Apr 1980	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 98.9% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.1%
Jones	Southwestern Public Service Co	Lubbock, TX	2 TWh	Dec 1970	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Cunningham	Southwestern Public Service Co	Hobbs, NM	2 TWh	Dec 1956	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Lake Road (MO)	Evergy Missouri West	St Joseph, MO	54 GWh	Jun 1950	Mar 2025	Natural Gas : 93.7% Distillate Fuel Oil : 4.8%
Flint Creek	Southwestern Electric Power Co	Gentry, AR	3 TWh	Apr 1978	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.8%
Midwest Energy Community Solar Array	Midwest Energy Inc - (KS)	Colby, KS	2 GWh	Jan 2015	Mar 2025	Solar
John Twitty Energy Center	City Utilities of Springfield - (MO)	Springfield, MO	2 TWh	May 1976	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 93.4% Natural Gas : 6.6%
Cooper Nuclear Station	Nebraska Public Power District	Brownville, NE	6 TWh	Feb 1974	Mar 2025	Nuclear
State Line Combined Cycle	Empire District Electric Co	Joplin, MO	2 TWh	Apr 1995	Mar 2025	Natural Gas : 99.8%
Tolk	Southwestern Public Service Co	Muleshoe, TX	2 TWh	Dec 1981	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 84.0% Natural Gas : 16.0%
Gerald Gentleman	Nebraska Public Power District	Sutherland, NE	6 TWh	Mar 1979	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.5%
WPWP	Wild Plains Wind Project, LLC	Wellington, KS	222 GWh	-	Mar 2025	Wind
Missouri River Wastewater Treatment	City of Omaha	Omaha, NE	13 GWh	Mar 1985	Mar 2025	Other Biomass Gas : 95.6% Natural Gas : 4.4%
James River Power Station	City Utilities of Springfield - (MO)	Springfield, MO	135 GWh	May 1957	Mar 2025	Natural Gas : 95.1% Distillate Fuel Oil : 4.9%
Eastman Cogeneration Facility	Eastman Cogeneration LP	Longview, TX	3 TWh	Mar 2001	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Mustang Station	Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc	Denver City, TX	3 TWh	May 1999	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Papillion Creek Wastewater	City of Omaha	Bellevue, NE	6 GWh	Apr 1987	Mar 2025	Natural Gas : 98.1% Other Biomass Gas : 1.9%
Georgia-Pacific Muskogee	Georgia-Pacific Muskogee LLC	Muskogee, OK	381 GWh	Feb 1978	Mar 2025	Natural Gas : 85.2% Subbituminous Coal : 14.5%
Hobbs Generating Station	Lea Power Partners LLC	Hobbs, NM	3 TWh	Aug 2008	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Harrison County Power Project	Northeast Texas Elec Coop, Inc	Marshall, TX	3 TWh	May 2003	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Oneta Energy Center	Oneta Power LLC	Broken Arrow, OK	6 TWh	Jun 2002	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
John W Turk Jr Power Plant	Southwestern Electric Power Co	Fulton, AR	3 TWh	Nov 2012	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.3% Natural Gas : 0.7%
Cloud County Wind Farm	Cloud County Windfarm, LLC	Concordia, KS	318 GWh	Nov 2008	Mar 2025	Wind
Osceola Windpower LLC	Osceola Windpower LLC	Harris, IA	415 GWh	Jun 2008	Mar 2025	Wind
Emporia Energy Center	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	Emporia, KS	1 TWh	May 2008	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Dogwood Energy Facility	Dogwood Power Management, LLC	Pleasant Hill, MO	2 TWh	May 2001	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Kansas River Project	Bowersock Mills & Power Co	Lawrence, KS	21 GWh	Dec 1919	Mar 2025	Water
Day County Wind LLC	Day County Wind LLC	Conde, SD	441 GWh	Mar 2010	Mar 2025	Wind
Western Sugar Coop - Scottsbluff	Western Sugar Cooperative	Scottsbluff, NE	16 GWh	Aug 1987	Mar 2025	Natural Gas
Caney River Wind Project	Caney River Wind Project	Howard, KS	627 GWh	Oct 2011	Mar 2025	Wind
Archer Daniels Midland Columbus	Archer Daniels Midland Co	Columbus, NE	287 GWh	Apr 2010	Mar 2025	Subbituminous Coal
OREG 2 Inc	Ormat Nevada Inc	Culbertson, MT	112 GWh	Nov 2008	Mar 2025	Waste Heat

Surrounding Balancing Authorities

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#27	Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.	22.8 TWh	47
#46	El Paso Electric Company	6.8 TWh	31
#3	Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.	476.0 TWh	1,139
#2	Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.	643.3 TWh	2,653
#20	Public Service Company of Colorado	48.7 TWh	201
#36	Public Service Company of New Mexico	15.0 TWh	108
#51	Southwestern Power Administration	4.2 TWh	31
#8	Tennessee Valley Authority	158.8 TWh	170
#23	Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region	35.6 TWh	170
#63	Western Area Power Administration - Upper Great Plains West	476.9 GWh	24

Balancing Authorities with Similar Net Generation

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#2	Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.	643.3 TWh	2,653
#3	Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.	476.0 TWh	1,139
#5	Southwest Power Pool	297.0 TWh	762
#6	Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans	251.8 TWh	393
#7	California Independent System Operator	190.1 TWh	1,943
#8	Tennessee Valley Authority	158.8 TWh	170
#10	Florida Power & Light Co.	148.3 TWh	159
#12	New York Independent System Operator	130.6 TWh	1,100
#13	Duke Energy Carolinas	111.4 TWh	556
#15	ISO New England	103.2 TWh	1,487