Little Cottonwood
Salt Lake County, Utah · EIA plant ID 6537 · Operator: City of Murray - (UT)
Nameplate5MWSummer 5 MW
Generators2in service
Net generation9GWh12 mo to Dec 2025
Capacity factor20%hydro units, summer MW
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online1983
Monthly net generation
EIA-923, all units at the plant. Net of station use; storage can go negative.
FinalPreliminary
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), hydro units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
Heat rate by year
Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Heat rate applies to fuel-burning (thermal) units only.
Annual data table
| Year | Net GWh | Capacity factor | Heat rate (Btu/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7.3 | 17.4% | — |
| 2002 | 10.8 | 25.6% | — |
| 2003 | 6.9 | 16.5% | — |
| 2004 | 7.7 | 18.4% | — |
| 2005 | 5.9 | 14.0% | — |
| 2006 | 13.5 | 32.0% | — |
| 2007 | 9.7 | 23.1% | — |
| 2008 | 7.6 | 18.1% | — |
| 2009 | 14.5 | 34.4% | — |
| 2010 | 8.2 | 19.6% | — |
| 2011 | 13.5 | 32.1% | — |
| 2012 | 7.7 | 18.2% | — |
| 2013 | 7.5 | 17.9% | — |
| 2014 | 8.4 | 20.0% | — |
| 2015 | 7.7 | 18.3% | — |
| 2016 | 8.8 | 20.9% | — |
| 2017 | 10 | 23.7% | — |
| 2018 | 5.5 | 13.2% | — |
| 2019 | 7.8 | 18.6% | — |
| 2020 | 3.9 | 9.2% | — |
| 2021 | 0.2 | 0.4% | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| 2023 | 4.4 | 10.5% | — |
| 2024 | 10.2 | 24.3% | — |
| 2025 | 8.5 | 20.3% | — |
Generators
EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
| Gen ID | Technology | Prime mover | Nameplate MW | Summer MW | Online | Status | Planned retirement | OEM / model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | HY | 2.4 | 2.4 | Apr 1983 | Operating | — | coming soon |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | HY | 2.4 | 2.4 | Apr 1983 | Operating | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: City of Murray - (UT). Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| City of Murray - (UT) | 100.0% | 5 MW |
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Granite | 2 MW | 4.1 km |
| Stairs | 1 MW | 5.9 km |
| Swire Coca-Cola Draper | 4 MW | 11 km |
| Murray Turbine | 42 MW | 12.1 km |
| Snowbird Power Plant | 7 MW | 12.4 km |
| HTW Plant 303 COGEN | 7 MW | 20.1 km |