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EIA plant 55278

Riverton · Fremont · WY

Beaver Creek Gas Plant

Operated by Denbury Inc

Annual generation4,489 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesNG, WHCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextWestern Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain RegionBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Beaver Creek Gas Plant?

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42.847500, -108.313600

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine5 MW represented
TechnologyAll Other1.8 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

1444.6
2409.01
3403.85
4310.53
5384.88
6404.85
7405.9
8410.67
9312.88
10312.94
11332.45
12356.44

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
1444.6
2409.01
3403.85
4310.53
5384.88
6404.85
7405.9
8410.67
9312.88
10312.94
11332.45
12356.44

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1445 MWh
2409 MWh
3404 MWh
4311 MWh
5385 MWh
6405 MWh
7406 MWh
8411 MWh
9313 MWh
10313 MWh
11332 MWh
12356 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG2.5OP
2Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG2.5OP
STG-1All OtherWH0.9OP
STG-2All OtherWH0.9OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
55278
Sector
Industrial CHP
Water source
Well
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 1 has the highest recorded value (445 MWh) and 4 the lowest (311 MWh). Their difference is 134 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Reading the MW column

In the 4 numeric rows displayed in this table, MW ranges from 0.9 (STG-1, STG-2) to 2.5 (1, 2). The difference is 1.6 in the column's stated units. This summary covers the displayed rows and retains the table's period and scope.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine2.51.82.50.1
2Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine2.51.82.50.1
STG-1All Other0.90.90.90.1
STG-2All Other0.90.90.90.1

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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