Brownfield & Retired Power Plant Sites in Utah
20 catalogued brownfield and retired-generation sites in Utah, listed by former capacity. Each carries an existing utility-scale grid interconnection that a new datacenter load may be able to re-use.
| Site | Former use | Capacity | Retired | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennecott Power Plant | gas | 396 MW | 2019-12-01 | Salt Lake |
| Carbon | coal | 189 MW | 2015-04-01 | Carbon |
| Bonanza | coal | 110 MW | — | Uintah |
| Blundell | geothermal | 30 MW | — | Beaver |
| US Magnesium | gas | 30 MW | — | Tooele |
| Little Mountain | gas | 16 MW | 2011-12-01 | Weber |
| Thermo No 1 | geothermal | 14 MW | 2013-03-01 | Beaver |
| Bountiful City | gas | 14 MW | 2014-01-01 | Davis |
| Whitehead | gas | 12 MW | 2023-09-01 | Utah |
| Olmstead | hydro | 10 MW | 2015-09-01 | Utah |
| eBay - South Jordan | gas | 10 MW | 2020-07-01 | Salt Lake |
| Murray City | gas | 7 MW | 2002-01-01 | Salt Lake |
| Logan City | oil | 5 MW | 2002-12-01 | Cache |
| Spanish Fork Landfill | landfill | 5 MW | — | — |
| Heber City | oil | 5 MW | 2024-10-01 | Wasatch |
| Payson | gas | 5 MW | 2024-09-01 | Utah |
| Joes Valley Dam | hydro | 3 MW | — | Emery |
| Sharon Steel Corp. (Midvale Tailings) | superfund | 2 MW | — | — |
| Bloomington Power Plant | oil | 2 MW | 2010-03-01 | Washington |
| Salt Lake City Landfill | landfill | 1 MW | — | — |
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Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.
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