Rawhide Energy Station
Commercial operation: 1984
Net capacity: 280 MW
Fuel type: coal
Operations: baseload
Operations
- Platte River’s largest single source of system capacity at 280 net megawatts
- Used for baseload energy needs
- Provides approximately half of Platte River’s annual delivered energy
- One of the highest-performing coal units in the U.S., averaging 97.28% equivalent availability and 85.08% capacity factor (as of May 31, 2020)
- Reliable fuel supply from Powder River Basin coal reserves in close proximity to plant
- Will be removed from Platte River's energy mix by Dec. 31, 2029
Financials
- Platte River’s lowest operating cost generating resource
- Original debt retired in 2018
- Long-term rail and fuel contracts
- Fuel cost volatility mitigated through flexibility of existing contracts
Environmental
- Uses state-of-the-art air quality control technology to reduce emissions
- Maintains full compliance with strict environmental laws and regulations
- Healthy bison and waterfowl habitats at Rawhide demonstrate the ability for nature and industry to share space
- Water-efficient design utilizes reclaimed water from a domestic wastewater treatment plant
- No discharge of industrial wastewater from the facility due to beneficial reuse of all process water
Craig units 1 & 2 (Yampa Project)
Commercial operation: Unit 1—1980; Unit 2—1979
Net capacity: 151 MW
Fuel type: coal
Operations: baseload
Operations
- Platte River's ownership of Craig units 1 and 2 is 18%
- Operated by Tri-State Generation and Transmission
- Co-owners include Tri-State Generation and Transmission, Salt River Project, PacifiCorp and Xcel Energy
- Craig Unit 1 to be removed from Platte River's mix by Dec. 31, 2025
- Craig Unit 2 to be removed from Platte River mix by Sept. 30, 2028
Financials
- Platte River’s second-lowest operating cost resource
- Fuel prices are based on production costs and not subject to market price volatility
- No debt service
- Fuel cost volatility mitigated by management of mine production levels and costs through an ownership share of Trapper Mine (27.14%), located adjacent to Craig units 1 and 2
Environmental
- Upgraded technology to reduce sulfur and particulate emissions
- Maintains full compliance with strict environmental laws and regulations