ANADARKO PLANT

How ANADARKO PLANT compares

With 535 MW of capacity, ANADARKO PLANT ranks 15th among the 73 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Oklahoma and 11th of the 23 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 3.8% of Oklahoma's operating Natural Gas capacity and 2.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 312th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1977, it is older than 61% of the 72 operating Oklahoma plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, WESTERN FARMERS ELEC COOP, INC, runs 4 operating plants in Oklahoma totaling 1,376 MW. It shares Caddo County with 5 other operating plants, including SOUTHWESTERN and MINCO WIND III.

EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 450 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combined cycle technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 535 MW). Net generation was 1,436 GWh in 2024, about 2.6 times its 2022 output. Its generators came online between 1977 and 2009.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is ANANDARKO, about 3.5 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF OKLAHOMA, under 0.1 miles away. Another 8 operating power plants totaling 1,322 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is SOUTHWESTERN (658 MW, Natural Gas).

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