GADSBY

How GADSBY compares

With 433 MW of capacity, GADSBY ranks 7th among the 61 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Utah and 3rd of the 14 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 20% of Utah's operating Natural Gas capacity and 5.7% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 357th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1951, it is older than 78% of the 61 operating Utah plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, PACIFICORP, runs 11 operating plants in Utah totaling 4,139 MW. It shares Salt Lake County with 10 other operating plants, including WEST VALLEY GENERATION PROJECT and MURRAY TURBINE.

EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 433 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas steam turbine technology. Net generation was 345 GWh in 2024 (a 9.1% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1951 and 2002.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is ORANGE, about 0.8 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by PACIFICORP, about 0.1 miles away. Another 11 operating power plants totaling 340 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is WEST VALLEY GENERATION PROJECT (217 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 3 mapped data centers; the nearest is Level(3) Salt Lake City in Salt Lake City, about 1.6 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