HORSESHOE LAKE

How HORSESHOE LAKE compares

With 974 MW of capacity, HORSESHOE LAKE ranks 11th among the 73 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Oklahoma and 7th of the 23 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 7.0% of Oklahoma's operating Natural Gas capacity and 3.9% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 100th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1963, it is older than 80% of the 72 operating Oklahoma plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC CO, runs 10 operating plants in Oklahoma totaling 8,515 MW. It shares Oklahoma County with 2 other operating plants, REDBUD POWER PLANT and POWERSMITH COGENERATION PROJECT.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 784 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas steam turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 974 MW). Net generation was 615 GWh in 2024, up 9% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1963 and 2001.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is REDBUD (345 kV), about 12.6 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC CO, under 0.1 miles away. One other operating power plant sits within 25 miles: REDBUD POWER PLANT (1,434 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