Natural gas plantMT

Culbertson Generation Station

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Roosevelt County, MT. Reports to the Southwest Power Pool balancing authorityThe organization that balances electricity supply and demand in a reporting area.Definition ↗.

2024 inventory / 2024 calendar year

Nameplate capacity, operating generatorsFull nameplate rating of the operating generators, before ownership shares. MW measures rated power; annual output is energy in MWh.Definition ↗
108.2MW
Source & method

Sum of generator nameplate MW with operational status code OP in the inventory year; one row per generator; unscaled by ownership

2024 inventory · reported · derived · valid · final

1 of 1 operating generators included.

out_eia__yearly_generators.parquet; report_date=2024-01-01; plant_id_eia=56606

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Net generationEnergy produced over the stated period after the plant’s own use, including signed storage output. Plant output is not allocated to owners or buyers.Definition ↗
251,232MWh
2024
Source & method

Sum of EIA-923 annual net generation over the plant's unique prime-mover x energy-source rows; negative values (pumping, station use) retained

2024 calendar year · reported · derived · valid · final

1 of 1 plant x prime-mover x fuel rows included.

out_eia923__yearly_generation_fuel_combined.parquet; report_date=2024-01-01; plant_id_eia=56606

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Capacity factor
0.264fraction
2024
Source & method

Net generation MWh / (operating nameplate MW x hours in year); only when every operating generator was operating before the year began and none retired during it

2024 calendar year · reported · derived · valid · final

derived: net_generation_mwh@2024 / (nameplate_mw_op x 8784 h)

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Output over time

Net generation · MWhElectricity produced after the plant’s own use. A negative value means it used more electricity than it produced.Definition ↗

Annual net generation · MWh. Bars below zero are negative net generation; a hollow mark means not reported. Missing years are not filled.

Annual values as a table · MWh
Reported annual net generation. Missing years are not filled.
Calendar yearNet generation · MWhEvidence
2015104,141MWhreported · final
201695,987MWhreported · final
201745,079MWhreported · final
2018110,554MWhreported · final
2019116,337MWhreported · final
202048,207MWhreported · final
2021117,554MWhreported · final
2022179,031MWhreported · final
2023316,611MWhreported · final
2024251,232MWhreported · final

Sum of unique plant x prime-mover x fuel rows per year; negative values retained; missing years absent, not zero; no monthly curve inferred

Why capacity and output differ: field note ↗

Ownership & operation

Ownership basisHow a generator's owners were established: from EIA-860's ownership schedule (reported), from EIA's rule that a unit absent from a complete schedule is wholly owned by its operator (derived), or unknown.Definition ↗

Operating nameplate MW x ownership fraction, once per generator; reported schedule or EIA-860 schedule-4 default. Ownership source & rules ↗

Generators at this plant

Unscaled nameplateA generator’s rated maximum power, in MW. Capacity is a rating, not how much electricity it produced.Definition ↗
1 generators, including non-operating units where reported. Status is the inventory-year status.
GeneratorTechnology / statusWhether a generator or project is operating, planned, on standby or retired, as its source reports it.Definition ↗NameplateA generator’s rated maximum power, in MW. Capacity is a rating, not how much electricity it produced.Definition ↗ · MWOwnership basisHow a generator's owners were established: from EIA-860's ownership schedule (reported), from EIA's rule that a unit absent from a complete schedule is wholly owned by its operator (derived), or unknown.Definition ↗
1 Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbineoperating (OP)108.2MW
EIA schedule default · derived

Generator absent from a complete Schedule 4 with ownership code S and known operator: wholly owned by the operator per EIA instructions (derived)

Basin Electric Power Cooperative · 1 fraction · 108.2MW owned · reported, derived

CO2 filed by EPA-monitored unitsAn EPA emissions unit (a combustor or stack) with CEMS rows in the year, linked to EIA generators through the EPA-EIA crosswalk. A plant is fully monitored when every existing coal, gas, oil or waste generator is linked to one; otherwise its monitored CO2 is shown but never as the plant's total.Definition ↗

2024 · estimated

1 monitored unit covering 1 of 1 combustion generators, 108.2 of 108.2 MW. 82.5% of operating unit-hours carry EPA’s measured flag; the rest are substitute dataHours a unit filled under Part 75 missing-data procedures instead of a monitor reading; EPA flags each hour Measured, Substitute or Measured and Substitute. Substitute values are designed to err high. The atlas counts these hours, and a plant's CO2 fact is metered only when at least 99 percent of its operating unit-hours were measured.Definition ↗.

CO2 mass, monitored units
122,921t CO2
2024estimated
Source & method

Sum of hourly CO2 mass reported under 40 CFR Part 75 by the plant's EPA-monitored units over the reporting year, short tons x 0.90718474. Stack total of those units including any share attributable to steam sold; the plant's total only where every combustion generator is monitored

2024 calendar year · estimated · derived · valid · final

1 of 1 combustion generators included.

82.5% of operating unit-hours were flagged Measured; the rest follow Part 75 missing-data procedures, which are designed to err high

core_epacems__hourly_emissions.parquet; year=2024; plant_id_eia=56606

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CO2 per MWh of net generation
0.489t CO2/MWh
2024estimated
Source & method

Monitored-unit CO2 (tonnes) divided by the plant's EIA-923 net generation for the same year. Only where every combustion generator is monitored, so numerator and denominator cover the same plant; comparable across such plants

2024 calendar year · estimated · derived · valid · final

derived: co2_mass_tonnes@2024 / net_generation_mwh@2024 (pudl-output)

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CO2 per MWh of gross load (unit-reported)
0.474t CO2/MWh
2024estimated
Source & method

Monitored-unit CO2 (tonnes) divided by the same units' reported gross load. Only where every combustion generator is monitored and the gross load is not below EIA net generation; gross, so lower than the net figure, and not comparable with it

2024 calendar year · estimated · derived · valid · final

derived: co2_mass_tonnes@2024 / cems_gross_load_mwh@2024

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Each reporting year as filed and set against that year’s own generator inventory. Years sit side by side; no change between them is computed, because the monitored units can differ.
YearCO2t CO2EvidenceMeasured shareof operating unit-hoursNet intensityt CO2/MWh
2023137,815 metered1 unit, 1 of 1 generators 100.0%0.435
2024122,921 estimated1 unit, 1 of 1 generators 82.5%0.489
Every figure filed
FigureValueBasis
CO2 mass, monitored units122,921 t CO2Sum of hourly CO2 mass reported under 40 CFR Part 75 by the plant's EPA-monitored units over the reporting year, short tons x 0.90718474. Stack total of those units including any share attributable to steam sold; the plant's total only where every combustion generator is monitored
CO2 mass, monitored units, as filed135,497 short tons CO2The same sum in the unit EPA's files use (short tons); shown beside the metric figure so the conversion is visible
Gross load of monitored units259,384 MWhSum over the year of each monitored unit's reported hourly gross load (MW) x operating time (h). A unit-reported quantity: a combined-cycle unit need not include its steam turbine, so this can be below EIA net generation
Heat input of monitored units2,280,060 mmBtuSum over the year of each monitored unit's reported hourly heat input
Unit operating hours, monitored units4,356.2 hSum of reported operating time over the plant's monitored units: unit-hours, so it can exceed the hours in the year when several units ran
Hours in which a monitored unit ran4,498 countCalendar hours of the reporting year in which at least one monitored unit reported operating time; never above the hours in the year
EPA emissions units with CEMS rows1 countDistinct EPA emissions units at the plant with rows in the reporting year; an EPA unit is a combustor or stack, not an EIA generator
Combustion generators linked to a monitored unit1 countExisting coal, gas, oil or waste generators of the plant (EIA-860 inventory year) that the EPA-EIA crosswalk links to a unit with CEMS rows; a steam turbine linked to several combustion turbines counts once
Combustion generators at the plant1 countExisting (operating, standby or out of service) generators whose resource group is coal, gas, oil or waste in the EIA-860 inventory year: the units that could be monitored
Share of operating unit-hours with measured CO20.8255 fractionOperating unit-hours EPA flagged Measured divided by all operating unit-hours of the plant's monitored units; the rest were Substitute, Measured and Substitute, or another method code
CO2 per MWh of net generation0.489 t CO2/MWhMonitored-unit CO2 (tonnes) divided by the plant's EIA-923 net generation for the same year. Only where every combustion generator is monitored, so numerator and denominator cover the same plant; comparable across such plants
CO2 per MWh of gross load (unit-reported)0.474 t CO2/MWhMonitored-unit CO2 (tonnes) divided by the same units' reported gross load. Only where every combustion generator is monitored and the gross load is not below EIA net generation; gross, so lower than the net figure, and not comparable with it

CO2 reported hourly under 40 CFR Part 75 by this plant's EPA-monitored units and summed over the reporting year, as filed (short tons) and in tonnes. It is a stack total of those units, includes any share attributable to steam sold, and is not CO2-equivalent, lifecycle or consumption-based. EPA-monitored units are one program's population: the figure is not a regional total and an unmonitored plant is not zero. Evidence rule: metered where at least 99% of the plant's operating unit-hours carry EPA's Measured flag, estimated where more were Substitute, Measured and Substitute or another method code. Source and notice· matched through EPA’s crosswalk.

Latest inventoryThe newest complete monthly inventory, with dated status and capacity changes beside the annual baseline totals.Definition ↗ · August 2026

Operating

No confirmed status or capacity changes among comparable units. Missing monthly assertions and units outside the baseline have no like-for-like comparison.

Operating nameplate capacity, latest inventoryOperating nameplate MW in this monthly inventory. Compare it with the annual baseline; do not add the two inventories together.Definition ↗
108.2MW
· provisional
Source & method

Sum of nameplate MW over generators whose current-valid EIA-860M workbook assertion has status OP; dated by the complete inventory edition; never added to the baseline aggregate

2026-08-01 · reported · derived · valid · provisional

1 of 1 current and historical generators included.

Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, August 2026; plant_id_eia=56606; report_date=2026-08-01

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Planned nameplate capacity, latest inventoryNameplate MW proposed or under construction in this monthly inventory, separate from operating MW. Planned dates are forecasts.Definition ↗
Not applicable
· provisional
Source & method

Sum of nameplate MW over generators whose current-valid EIA-860M workbook assertion is a proposal or construction stage (P, L, T, U, V, OT, TS); a proposal is not a commitment and its date is a forecast

2026-08-01 · reported · derived · not_applicable · provisional

1 of 1 current and historical generators included.

Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, August 2026; plant_id_eia=56606; report_date=2026-08-01

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Retired or cancelled nameplate capacity, latest inventory
Not applicable
· provisional
Source & method

Sum of nameplate MW over generators whose current-valid EIA-860M workbook assertion is retired, cancelled or indefinitely postponed (RE, CN, IP); retired is not demolished

2026-08-01 · reported · derived · not_applicable · provisional

1 of 1 current and historical generators included.

Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, August 2026; plant_id_eia=56606; report_date=2026-08-01

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Lifecycle of the units

Each unit's operating span from its reported operating date to its retirement date or to the August 2026 inventory (the vertical line). Dashed spans start at a planned operating date, a forecast; a short bar marks a planned retirement. Standby and out-of-service units are hatched.

Units as a table
Unit lifecycle from EIA-860M, August 2026.
UnitStateOperating sincePlannedRetiredMW
1OperatingDecember 2010——108.2MW

Independently dated by EIA-860M; the baseline facts above stay the validated edition. Planned dates are forecasts; retired is not demolished.

Geographic & reporting context

Balancing authority: Southwest Power Pool

Approximate service areasAn approximate utility service area. The boundary cannot identify the supplier for a particular address.Definition ↗ containing the plant’s location. A geographic candidate, not a supply relationship.

Nearby transmission Context, not a connection

Within 3 km of the reported plant point, nearest first. BPA’s published lines, HIFLD-compiled lines of other owners and HIFLD 2022 substations; nearness does not establish an electrical connection.

Additional inventory facts

Generators listed
1count
Source & method

Generator rows for the plant in the inventory year, any status

2024 inventory · reported · derived · valid · final

out_eia__yearly_generators.parquet; report_date=2024-01-01; plant_id_eia=56606

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Operating generators
1count
Source & method

Generator rows with status code OP

2024 inventory · reported · derived · valid · final

out_eia__yearly_generators.parquet; report_date=2024-01-01; plant_id_eia=56606

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Sources for this record

Frozen citation page ↗

PUDL v2026.9.0, out_eia__yearly_plants

Catalyst Cooperative, PUDL v2026.9.0, derived from U.S. EIA Forms 860/923

Data transformed by PUDL from U.S. EIA forms; selected fields republished; EIA data is public with dated acknowledgment (https://www.eia.gov/about/copyrights_reuse.php)

PUDL v2026.9.0, out_eia__yearly_generators

Catalyst Cooperative, PUDL v2026.9.0, derived from U.S. EIA Forms 860/923

Data transformed by PUDL from U.S. EIA forms; selected fields republished; EIA data is public with dated acknowledgment (https://www.eia.gov/about/copyrights_reuse.php)

PUDL v2026.9.0, out_eia860__yearly_ownership

Catalyst Cooperative, PUDL v2026.9.0, derived from U.S. EIA Forms 860/923

Data transformed by PUDL from U.S. EIA forms; selected fields republished; EIA data is public with dated acknowledgment (https://www.eia.gov/about/copyrights_reuse.php)

PUDL v2026.9.0, out_eia923__yearly_generation_fuel_combined

Catalyst Cooperative, PUDL v2026.9.0, derived from U.S. EIA Forms 860/923

Data transformed by PUDL from U.S. EIA forms; selected fields republished; EIA data is public with dated acknowledgment (https://www.eia.gov/about/copyrights_reuse.php)

PUDL v2026.9.0, core_epacems__hourly_emissions

Catalyst Cooperative, PUDL v2026.9.0, derived from U.S. EPA CAMD Power Sector Emissions Data

Data transformed by PUDL from U.S. EPA Clean Air Markets Division hourly emissions files; selected fields for two reporting years and four states republished; EPA data is public (https://www.epa.gov/power-sector/power-sector-data)

PUDL v2026.9.0, core_epa__assn_eia_epacamd

Catalyst Cooperative, PUDL v2026.9.0, derived from the U.S. EPA-EIA Power Sector Data Crosswalk

Data transformed by PUDL from EPA's camd-eia-crosswalk (https://github.com/USEPA/camd-eia-crosswalk); selected fields republished

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