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EIA plant 58562

El Paso · El Paso · TX

Montana Power Station

Operated by El Paso Electric Co

Annual generation1,156,994 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesNGCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextEl Paso Electric CompanyBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Montana Power Station?

This locator uses the coordinates in the approved source record. It shows geographic context, not a site boundary, safety zone or property-risk area.

31.823889, -106.211944

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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 Turbine527.2 MW represented

Grouped from this plant’s represented generator records. Use the TX plant index for regional peers.

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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.

1108,479.17
2101,031.62
399,074.73
451,530.96
581,305.95
6126,146.97
7135,882.11
8121,339.16
982,282.16
1088,386.56
1159,089.56
12102,445.06

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
1108,479.17
2101,031.62
399,074.73
451,530.96
581,305.95
6126,146.97
7135,882.11
8121,339.16
982,282.16
1088,386.56
1159,089.56
12102,445.06

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1108,479 MWh
2101,032 MWh
399,075 MWh
451,531 MWh
581,306 MWh
6126,147 MWh
7135,882 MWh
8121,339 MWh
982,282 MWh
1088,387 MWh
1159,090 MWh
12102,445 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
GT-1Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG131.8OP
GT-2Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG131.8OP
GT-3Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG131.8OP
GT-4Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG131.8OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
58562
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Municipality
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 7 has the highest recorded value (135,882 MWh) and 4 the lowest (51,531 MWh). Their difference is 84,351 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
GT-1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine131.888.093.018.2
GT-2Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine131.888.093.018.2
GT-3Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine131.888.093.019.2
GT-4Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine131.888.093.019.2

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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