Generation

Sources of Electricity

Platte River uses several sources of electricity generation capacity to meet its wholesale obligations to its four owner communities including:

Rawhide Unit 1

Rawhide
Unit 1
Coal
280 MW
Rawhide Units A, B, C, D, F

Rawhide Units
A, B, C, D, F
Natural Gas
388 MW
Craig Units 1 & 2

Craig Units
1 & 2
Coal
154 MW
Federal _Hydropower

Federal
Hydropower
Hydropower
90 MW
Medicine Bow Wind Project

Medicine Bow
Wind Project
Wind
6 MW
Silver Sage Windpower Project

Silver Sage
Windpower Project
Wind
12 MW
Spring Canyon Wind_Energy Center

Spring Canyon Wind
Energy Center
Wind
60 MW
Rawhide Flats Solar

Rawhide
Flats Solar
Solar
30 MW
Total Summer Effective Capacity
931 MW
Note: For reliability calculations, wind facilities are assigned firm capacity of 12.5% of their nameplate capacity and solar facilities are assigned 30% of their nameplate capacity.

Projected Deliveries of Energy in 2018 (communities) – Proportions by Source: