Power plant · Utah, United States

Bonanza

Bonanza is a power plant in Utah, United States, with 512 MW of capacity, owned by Deseret Generation & Tran Coop (96.3%) and Utah Municipal Power Agency (3.7%).

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

Fact	Value	Source
Location	Utah	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1986	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Owner	Deseret Generation & Tran Coop (96.3%)	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Owner	Utah Municipal Power Agency (3.7%)	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Deseret Generation & Tran Coop	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	512 MW	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Conventional Steam Coal	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	40.0864, -109.2844	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Bonanza is the 7th-largest of 7 power plants in Utah and the 715th-largest of 800 in the United States by capacity; its 512 MW is <0.1% of the 839,036 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

Within	Rank	Total	Share
Utah	7th of 7	6,431 MW	8%
United States	715th of 800	839,036 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	818th of 12,032	1,190,447 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 8 mines (5 operating), 2 water rights and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Bonanza Mines	Mine	—	Operating	12 km
Temple Mountain Mine	Mine	—	Closed	42 km
TRM Mill	Mine	—	Operating	45 km
Strata Networks	Data center	—	—	46 km
Taylor Draw Res water right 4304433 41091.00000	Water right	—	—	49 km
Taylor Draw PWR Conduit water right 4302571 41091.00000	Water right	—	—	49 km

Owners, operator and place

Deseret Generation & Tran CoopOwner · 96.3%
Utah Municipal Power AgencyOwner · 3.7%
Deseret Generation & Tran CoopOperator
Power plants in Utah, United States18
Power plants in the United States1,635
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Other power plants in Utah

Hunter1,472 MW
Lake Side Power Plant1,247 MW
Intermountain Power Project1,093 MW
Huntington1,016 MW
Currant Creek567 MW
Faraday Solar525 MW
Intermountain Pumped Storage Project1,000 MW · planned
Green River Energy Center - Hybrid800 MW · under construction

All 18 power plants in Utah, United States

Data on this page

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