GRDA COAL-FIRED COMPLEX

How GRDA COAL-FIRED COMPLEX compares

With 1,134 MW of capacity, GRDA COAL-FIRED COMPLEX ranks 8th among the 73 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Oklahoma and 4th of the 7 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 17% of Oklahoma's operating Coal capacity and 4.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 104th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1985, it is older than 55% of the 72 operating Oklahoma plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, GRAND RIVER DAM AUTHORITY, runs 4 operating plants in Oklahoma totaling 1,676 MW. It shares Mayes County with 4 other operating plants, including CHOUTEAU and SALINA.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 1,194 MW of nameplate capacity. Net generation was 3,313 GWh in 2024 (a 32% capacity factor), up 8% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1985 and 2017.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 5 operating power plants totaling 1,657 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is CHOUTEAU (1,070 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is TierPoint Tulsa-Archer in Tulsa, about 39.1 miles away.

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