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 and 2

Craig units
1 and 2
Coal
151 MW
Federal _hydropower

Federal
hydropower
Hydropower
90 MW
Roundhouse wind

Roundhouse Wind
Energy Center
Wind

225 MW

Medicine Bow Wind Project

Medicine Bow
Wind Project
Wind
6 MW
Rawhide Flats Solar

Rawhide
Flats Solar
Solar
30 MW
Rawhide Prairie Solar

Rawhide
Prairie Solar
Solar
22 MW
72 MW of wind from the Spring Canyon and Silver Sage wind projects is currently sold to other entities, 60 MW of which will return to Platte River in 2030.
Total nameplate capacity
1,264 MW
Note: For the effective capacity calculation, wind facilities are assigned firm capacity of 22% of their nameplate capacity and solar facilities are assigned 42% of their nameplate capacity.

Projected deliveries of energy in 2021 (owner communities)