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Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station

Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station is a 260 MW operating gas power plant in Laramie County, Wyoming, operated by Black Hills Service Company LLC.

Plant statusOperating
  1. Planning (completed)
  2. Consented (completed)
  3. Construction (completed)
  4. OperatingOct 2014 (current stage)
  5. Closed (not yet reached)

This plant has generators at more than one stage; see the table below.

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Generators

Each generating unit EIA lists at this plant.

UnitTechnologyCapacityStatusOnlineRetired / planned retirement
01ANatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle40 MW OperatingOct 2014
01BNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle40 MW OperatingOct 2014
02ANatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine40 MW OperatingOct 2014
01CNatural Gas Fired Combined Cycle20 MW OperatingOct 2014
02BNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine40 MW Planned, approvals not yet soughtTarget Dec 2028
03ANatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine40 MW Planned, approvals not yet soughtTarget Dec 2028
03BNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine40 MW Planned, approvals not yet soughtTarget Dec 2028

Plant details

Operator
Black Hills Service Company LLC
Location
Laramie County, Wyoming
Balancing authority
WACM
Sector
Electric Utility
Capacity
Operating: 140 MW
Planned: 120 MW
First unit online
Oct 2014
EIA plant ID
57703

Location

41.1236, -104.7200

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, September 2026. Planned dates are targets reported by the developer and often change. Report a problem