EVANDER ANDREWS POWER COMPLEX

How EVANDER ANDREWS POWER COMPLEX compares

With 273 MW of capacity, EVANDER ANDREWS POWER COMPLEX ranks 5th among the 123 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Idaho and 2nd of the 4 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 30% of Idaho's operating Natural Gas capacity and 5.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 485th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2001, it is newer than 61% of the 121 operating Idaho plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, IDAHO POWER CO, runs 20 operating plants in Idaho totaling 1,894 MW. It shares Elmore County with 14 other operating plants, including BENNETT MOUNTAIN and ANDERSON RANCH.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 271 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 1,097 GWh in 2024 (a 46% capacity factor), about 2 times its 2022 output. Its generators came online between 2001 and 2008.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is MOUNTAIN HOME (138 kV), about 5.5 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by IDAHO POWER CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 12 operating power plants totaling 498 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is BENNETT MOUNTAIN (173 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, Syringa Networks Boise in Boise, about 35.8 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology