Coal Power Plants in Montana
Montana has 5 coal power plants in the Bywatts database, one of them retired and one partly retired with no operable coal units according to EIA-860. Together they total 2.7 GW of nameplate capacity, 2.4 GW of it at operating plants. The largest operating plant is COLSTRIP (2,272 MW), operated by PPL MONTANA LLC.
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2.7 GWCombined capacity
All 5 coal plants in Montana
| Plant | Capacity (MW) | Operator | Commissioned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLSTRIP | 2,272 | PPL MONTANA LLC | 1984 |
| J E CORETTE PLANT Retired 2015 | 173 | PPL MONTANA LLC | · |
| HARDIN GENERATOR PROJECT | 116 | ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER INC | 2006 |
| LEWIS & CLARK Partly retired | 50 | MONTANA-DAKOTA UTILITIES CO | 2016 |
| COLSTRIP ENERGY LP | 46 | COLSTRIP ENERGY LP | 1990 |