Thermal
PacifiCorp operates thermal electric facilities that generate electricity from coal, natural gas and geothermal resources. Thermal plants are located in Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Montana.
PacifiCorp's power plants use specialized equipment to control environmental emissions and comply with all state and federal requirements.
Thermal facilities
Utah
Blundell
Geothermal
Blundell Geothermal
Blundell Geothermal Plant creates steam from water heated by magma at depths reaching as far as 20,000 feet below the Earth’s surface.
It sits on the Roosevelt Hot Springs, a known geothermal resource area near Milford, Utah.
The video link below is from the Utah Governor's Office of Energy Development.
Washington
Chehalis
Natural gas/steam
Utah
Currant Creek
Natural gas/steam
Wyoming
Dave Johnston
Coal (Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Utah
Gadsby
Natural gas/steam
Utah
Hunter
Coal (Nos. 1, 2 and 3)
Utah
Huntington
Coal (Nos. 1 and 2)
Wyoming
Jim Bridger
Coal (Nos. 3 and 4)
Nos. 1 and 2 are being converted to natural gas
Utah
Lake Side 1 and 2
Natural gas/steam
Wyoming
Naughton
Coal (Nos. 1 and 2)
Natural gas (No. 3)
Wyoming
Wyodak
Coal (No. 1)
Other thermal units:
- Craig (Nos. 1 and 2), coal, Colorado
- Colstrip (Nos. 3 and 4), coal, Montana
- Hayden (Nos. 1 and 2), coal, Colorado
- Hermiston, natural gas/steam, Oregon