Great Work — Utah

Blundell Geothermal Plant

venture active confidence: Medium status: Draft updated 2026-08-11

Type
venture
Status
Draft
Confidence
Medium
Tier
C
Builder-tier
B
Activity-signal
2025-12 · https://www.gridinfo.com/plant/blundell/299
Activity-checked
2026-08-14
Focus
geothermal power, utility generation, hydrothermal plant operations, PacifiCorp
Roles
field-skilled-trades, hardware-engineering, physical-sciences
Stage
Operating utility-owned geothermal plant
Ownership
public
Primary Location
Milford area, Beaver County, UT
Utah Location
Beaver County, UT
Region
Beaver County
Map Location
Blundell geothermal plant area, near Milford, UT
Coordinates
38.4889, -112.8536
Location Precision
approximate
Location Source
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/
Website
https://www.pacificorp.com/
Domain
energy
Updated
2026-08-11
Needs-reviewed
2026-08-11

Summary

Blundell is PacifiCorp's (Rocky Mountain Power) geothermal generating station near Milford in Beaver County, Utah — the longest-running conventional geothermal plant in the county's operating cluster. Blundell is proof that Utah hydrothermal geothermal can run for decades as utility baseload.

Impact

Blundell is proof that Utah hydrothermal geothermal can run for decades as utility baseload. That permanence anchors Beaver County's identity as a geothermal corridor and sets the operational baseline next to which Fervo, Ormat, and Cyrq are judged. Bounds are those of a single utility plant: climate impact scales with continued high capacity factor and eventual life-extension or replacement decisions by PacifiCorp.

Utah Context

Located in the Roosevelt Hot Springs / Milford geothermal area of Beaver County, near the same corridor as Cove Fort, Thermo No. 1, Utah FORGE, and Fervo Cape Station. Workforce overlaps with other plant O&M roles in the county.

What They Need Now

Utility geothermal plants typically need plant operators, maintenance technicians, electrical and mechanical craft, and occasional engineering support for outages and capital projects. PacifiCorp hiring is corporate — search Rocky Mountain Power / PacifiCorp careers for Utah generation roles rather than a plant-specific board. Clearance is usually not required; rural relocation willingness is.

Evidence

Open Questions

  • Which PacifiCorp careers path exposes current Blundell or Utah geothermal operations roles?
  • Current nameplate vs net capacity and unit configuration (flash vs binary bottoming) from a primary PacifiCorp or EIA-860 citation.
  • Is there a PacifiCorp-published site address that supports a more precise location than the current corridor anchor?

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