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	Jan 2026
Annual Generation	301.5 TWh
Power Plants	835
Utilities	440
Ranked #5 out of 65 in terms of net annual generation
Ranked #3 out of 32 in terms of annual generation from wind
Power Plant Types	Wind \| 36.8% Coal \| 28.8% Natural Gas \| 25.1% Nuclear \| 5.4% Water \| 2.9% Solar \| 0.8% Other Fuel \| 0.2%

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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	7 TWh	Mar 1979	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.6%
Whelan Energy Center	City of Hastings - (NE)	Hastings, NE	1 TWh	Jun 1981	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.8%
Holcomb	Sunflower Electric Power Corp	Holcomb, KS	2 TWh	Jul 1983	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.3% Natural Gas : 0.7%
GREC	Grand River Dam Authority	Chouteau, OK	4 TWh	May 1981	Oct 2025	Natural Gas : 73.2% Subbituminous Coal : 26.8%
Bonanza BioEnergy LLC	Bonanza BioEnergy LLC	Garden City, KS	6 GWh	Jul 2008	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Wolf Creek Generating Station	Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp	Burlington, KS	10 TWh	Aug 1985	Oct 2025	Nuclear
Nearman Creek	City of Kansas City - (KS)	Kansas, KS	1 TWh	May 1981	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 92.1% Natural Gas : 7.0% Distillate Fuel Oil : 0.9%
Harrison County Power Project	Northeast Texas Elec Coop, Inc	Marshall, TX	3 TWh	May 2003	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Tesoro Mandan Cogeneration Plant	Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co LLC	Mandan, ND	55 GWh	Sep 1954	Oct 2025	Other Gas : 60.0% Natural Gas : 40.0%
Northeastern	Public Service Co of Oklahoma	Oologah, OK	5 TWh	Mar 1961	Oct 2025	Natural Gas : 68.7% Subbituminous Coal : 31.3%
Post Rock Wind Power Project, LLC	Pattern Operators LP	Ellsworth, KS	406 GWh	Aug 2012	Oct 2025	Wind
Lorenzo Wind	Lorenzo Wind, LLC	Lorenzo, TX	330 GWh	Nov 2018	Oct 2025	Wind
Butler Solar Power Project	Missouri Jnt Muni.Pwr Elec. Ut. Comm.	Butler, MO	4 GWh	Feb 2014	Oct 2025	Solar
Buffalo Dunes Wind Project	Buffalo Dunes Wind Project LLC	Satanta, KS	814 GWh	Nov 2013	Oct 2025	Wind
Maddox	Southwestern Public Service Co	Hobbs, NM	530 GWh	Dec 1962	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Welsh	Southwestern Electric Power Co	Pittsburg, TX	4 TWh	Feb 1977	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.8%
Mustang	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Oklahoma City, OK	472 GWh	Apr 1950	Oct 2025	Natural Gas : 99.1% Solar : 0.9%
International Paper Valliant OK	International Paper - Valliant	Valliant, OK	399 GWh	Sep 1971	Oct 2025	Black Liquor : 60.1% Natural Gas : 23.9% Other Biomass Solids : 16.0%
Fort Dodge	Sunflower Electric Power Corp	Dodge City, KS	44 GWh	May 1969	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Jeffrey Energy Center	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	St. Mary's, KS	8 TWh	Jun 1978	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.8%
Riverton	Empire District Electric Co	Riverton, KS	1 TWh	May 1950	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Gordon Evans Energy Center	Evergy Kansas South, Inc	Colwich, KS	267 GWh	May 1961	Oct 2025	Natural Gas : 98.7% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.3%
La Cygne	Evergy Metro	La Cygne, KS	7 TWh	May 1973	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.6%
Grand Ave Plant	Vicinity Energy Kansas City	Kansas City, MO	40 GWh	Jun 1991	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Lawrence Energy Center	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	Lawrence, KS	1 TWh	Dec 1954	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 92.3% Natural Gas : 7.7%
Crossroads Wind Farm	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Canton, OK	348 GWh	Dec 2011	Oct 2025	Wind
Balko Wind LLC	Balko Wind LLC	Balko, OK	878 GWh	Jul 2015	Oct 2025	Wind
Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project	Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project, LLC	Dixon, NE	910 GWh	Nov 2018	Oct 2025	Wind
Hale Community Wind Farm	Southwestern Public Service Co	Plainview, TX	2 TWh	May 2019	Oct 2025	Wind
Roosevelt County	Boralex US Operations LLC	Portales, NM	1 TWh	Nov 2015	Oct 2025	Wind
Canadian Hills Wind	Canadian Hills Wind LLC	El Rino, OK	396 GWh	Nov 2012	Oct 2025	Wind
Riverside (OK)	Public Service Co of Oklahoma	Jenks, OK	797 GWh	Mar 1974	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Muskogee	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Fort Gibson, OK	3 TWh	Nov 1977	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 50.3% Natural Gas : 49.7%
Sooner	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Red Rock, OK	3 TWh	Oct 1979	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.0% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.0%
State Line Combined Cycle	Empire District Electric Co	Joplin, MO	2 TWh	Apr 1995	Oct 2025	Natural Gas : 99.9%
Antelope Valley	Basin Electric Power Coop	Beulah, ND	6 TWh	Jun 1984	Oct 2025	Lignite Coal : 99.4% Natural Gas : 0.6%
Harrington	Southwestern Public Service Co	Amarillo, TX	2 TWh	Dec 1975	Oct 2025	Natural Gas : 92.2% Subbituminous Coal : 7.8%
Anadarko Plant	Western Farmers Elec Coop, Inc	Anadarko, OK	847 GWh	Jul 1953	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Mustang Station	Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc	Denver City, TX	2 TWh	May 1999	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Missouri River Wastewater Treatment	City of Omaha	Omaha, NE	10 GWh	Mar 1985	Oct 2025	Other Biomass Gas : 98.1% Natural Gas : 1.9%
River Valley	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Panama, OK	436 GWh	Aug 1990	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 90.2% Tire-derived Fuels : 5.2% Natural Gas : 4.4%
McClain Energy Facility	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Newcastle, OK	1 TWh	May 2001	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Osceola Windpower LLC	Osceola Windpower LLC	Harris, IA	385 GWh	Jun 2008	Oct 2025	Wind
John W Turk Jr Power Plant	Southwestern Electric Power Co	Fulton, AR	3 TWh	Nov 2012	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.2% Natural Gas : 0.8%
Oneta Energy Center	Oneta Power LLC	Broken Arrow, OK	5 TWh	Jun 2002	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Frontier	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Oklahoma City, OK	576 GWh	Aug 1989	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Seminole (OK)	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Konowa, OK	2 TWh	Feb 1971	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Western Sugar Coop - Scottsbluff	Western Sugar Cooperative	Scottsbluff, NE	16 GWh	Aug 1987	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Day County Wind LLC	Day County Wind LLC	Conde, SD	436 GWh	Mar 2010	Oct 2025	Wind
El Dorado Refinery	Frontier El Dorado Refinery LLC	El Dorado, KS	221 GWh	Dec 1995	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Steele Flats Wind Project LLC	Steele Flats Wind Project LLC	Diller, NE	290 GWh	Sep 2013	Oct 2025	Wind
Pantex	Pantex (NNSA)	Amarillo, TX	10 GWh	May 2014	Oct 2025	Wind
Cloud County Wind Farm	Cloud County Windfarm, LLC	Concordia, KS	321 GWh	Nov 2008	Oct 2025	Wind
Chisholm View Wind Project	Chisholm View Wind Project	Hunter, OK	887 GWh	Nov 2012	Oct 2025	Wind
Cimarron Wind Energy LLC	Cimarron Wind Energy LLC	Cimmaron, KS	414 GWh	Oct 2012	Oct 2025	Wind
Goodwell Wind Project LLC	Enel Green Power NA, Inc.	Goodwell, OK	736 GWh	Nov 2015	Oct 2025	Wind
Kingfisher Wind LLC	Kingfisher Wind LLC	Kingfisher, OK	895 GWh	Feb 2016	Oct 2025	Wind
Buckeye Wind Energy Center	Invenergy Services LLC	Hays, KS	607 GWh	Jul 2015	Oct 2025	Wind
Springfield Solar 1 LLC	Strata Manager, LLC	Strafford, MO	7 GWh	May 2014	Oct 2025	Solar
Caprock Solar 1 LLC	Duke Energy Renewables Services	San Jon, NM	57 GWh	Nov 2016	Oct 2025	Solar
Drift Sand Wind Project LLC	Enel Green Power NA, Inc.	Rush Springs, OK	335 GWh	Nov 2016	Oct 2025	Wind
Grande Prairie Wind Farm	BHE Renewables, LLC	O'Neill, NE	1 TWh	Nov 2016	Oct 2025	Wind
Leland Olds	Basin Electric Power Coop	Stanton, ND	2 TWh	Dec 1965	Oct 2025	Lignite Coal : 99.5%
Greenwood (MO)	Evergy Missouri West	Greenwood, MO	66 GWh	Apr 1975	Oct 2025	Natural Gas : 86.5% Distillate Fuel Oil : 7.6% Solar : 5.8%
Iatan	Evergy Metro	Weston, MO	5 TWh	Apr 1980	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.0% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.0%
Jones	Southwestern Public Service Co	Lubbock, TX	3 TWh	Dec 1970	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Hawthorn	Evergy Metro	Kansas City, MO	3 TWh	Apr 1969	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 79.5% Natural Gas : 20.5%
Cunningham	Southwestern Public Service Co	Hobbs, NM	2 TWh	Dec 1956	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Flint Creek	Southwestern Electric Power Co	Gentry, AR	3 TWh	Apr 1978	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.9%
Spirit Mound	Basin Electric Power Coop	Vermillion, SD	2 GWh	May 1978	Oct 2025	Distillate Fuel Oil
Lake Road (MO)	Evergy Missouri West	St Joseph, MO	47 GWh	Jun 1950	Oct 2025	Natural Gas : 79.0% Subbituminous Coal : 17.2% Distillate Fuel Oil : 3.8%
John Twitty Energy Center	City Utilities of Springfield - (MO)	Springfield, MO	2 TWh	May 1976	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 96.0% Natural Gas : 4.0%
Sheldon	Nebraska Public Power District	Hallam, NE	683 GWh	Dec 1960	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.6%
North Omaha	Omaha Public Power District	Omaha, NE	2 TWh	Jun 1954	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 90.6% Natural Gas : 9.4%
Terry Bundy Generating Station	Lincoln Electric System	Lincoln, NE	142 GWh	Jul 2003	Oct 2025	Natural Gas : 80.2% Landfill Gas : 18.7% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.1%
Hugo	Western Farmers Elec Coop, Inc	Fort Towson, OK	2 TWh	Mar 1982	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.6%
Tolk	Southwestern Public Service Co	Muleshoe, TX	3 TWh	Dec 1981	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 89.8% Natural Gas : 10.2%
Gerald Gentleman	Nebraska Public Power District	Sutherland, NE	7 TWh	Mar 1979	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal : 99.5% Natural Gas : 0.5%
Georgia-Pacific Muskogee	Georgia-Pacific Muskogee LLC	Muskogee, OK	372 GWh	Feb 1978	Oct 2025	Natural Gas : 86.7% Subbituminous Coal : 13.3%
Papillion Creek Wastewater	City of Omaha	Bellevue, NE	3 GWh	Apr 1987	Oct 2025	Natural Gas : 65.8% Other Biomass Gas : 34.2%
Green Country Energy LLC	Green Country OP Services LLC	Jenks, OK	4 TWh	Jan 2002	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
James River Power Station	City Utilities of Springfield - (MO)	Springfield, MO	75 GWh	May 1957	Oct 2025	Natural Gas : 91.7% Distillate Fuel Oil : 8.3%
Black Hawk Station	Borger Energy Associates LP	Borger, TX	1 TWh	May 1999	Oct 2025	Natural Gas : 87.5% Other Gas : 12.5%
Ashdown	Domtar Industries Inc	Ashdown, AR	586 GWh	Dec 1967	Oct 2025	Black Liquor : 69.2% Natural Gas : 13.6% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 9.8% Bituminous Coal : 6.3% Tire-derived Fuels : 1.1%
Kansas River Project	Bowersock Mills & Power Co	Lawrence, KS	22 GWh	Dec 1919	Oct 2025	Water
San Juan Mesa Wind Project LLC	NRG Energy Gas & Wind Holdings Inc	Elida, NM	245 GWh	Nov 2005	Oct 2025	Wind
Redbud Power Plant	Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co	Luther, OK	5 TWh	Apr 2004	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Dogwood Energy Facility	Dogwood Power Management, LLC	Pleasant Hill, MO	2 TWh	May 2001	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Emporia Energy Center	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	Emporia, KS	693 GWh	May 2008	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Wessington Springs	Wessington Wind	Wessington Springs, SD	231 GWh	Jan 2009	Oct 2025	Wind
J Lamar Stall Unit	Southwestern Electric Power Co	Shreveport, LA	3 TWh	May 2010	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Hobbs Generating Station	Lea Power Partners LLC	Hobbs, NM	3 TWh	Aug 2008	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Eastman Cogeneration Facility	Eastman Cogeneration LP	Longview, TX	3 TWh	Mar 2001	Oct 2025	Natural Gas
Cooper Nuclear Station	Nebraska Public Power District	Brownville, NE	7 TWh	Feb 1974	Oct 2025	Nuclear
Elk City LLC	Elk City LLC	Sweetwater, OK	499 GWh	Nov 2009	Oct 2025	Wind
Archer Daniels Midland Columbus	Archer Daniels Midland Co	Columbus, NE	269 GWh	Apr 2010	Oct 2025	Subbituminous Coal
Caney River Wind Project	Caney River Wind Project	Howard, KS	531 GWh	Oct 2011	Oct 2025	Wind
Flat Ridge 2 Wind Energy LLC	AE Power Services LLC	Zenda, KS	942 GWh	Sep 2012	Oct 2025	Wind
OREG 2 Inc	Ormat Nevada Inc	Culbertson, MT	123 GWh	Nov 2008	Oct 2025	Waste Heat
OREG 1 Inc	Ormat Nevada Inc	Culbertson, MT	141 GWh	Jun 2006	Oct 2025	Waste Heat

Surrounding Balancing Authorities

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#27	Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.	23.9 TWh	47
#46	El Paso Electric Company	6.8 TWh	32
#3	Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.	485.3 TWh	1,313
#2	Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.	657.5 TWh	2,831
#21	Public Service Company of Colorado	46.7 TWh	210
#35	Public Service Company of New Mexico	15.2 TWh	116
#51	Southwestern Power Administration	5.0 TWh	34
#9	Tennessee Valley Authority	161.2 TWh	204
#23	Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region	35.3 TWh	192
#62	Western Area Power Administration - Upper Great Plains West	418.6 GWh	24

Balancing Authorities with Similar Net Generation

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#2	Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.	657.5 TWh	2,831
#3	Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.	485.3 TWh	1,313
#5	Southwest Power Pool	301.5 TWh	835
#6	Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans	250.4 TWh	417
#7	California Independent System Operator	185.5 TWh	2,075
#9	Tennessee Valley Authority	161.2 TWh	204
#10	Florida Power & Light Co.	149.5 TWh	187
#12	New York Independent System Operator	132.6 TWh	1,211
#13	Duke Energy Carolinas	111.9 TWh	565
#15	ISO New England	107.6 TWh	1,577