Blundell Geothermal Plant

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

Type: venture
Status: Draft
Confidence: Medium
Tier: C
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. Third-party generation databases put annual output on the order of ~270 GWh, making it larger than Cove Fort or Thermo No. 1 on energy produced. Ormat historically supplied a binary bottoming-cycle expansion unit at Blundell (see Ormat Technologies).

This page treats the plant / Utah operating site as the citable atom for talent matching; PacifiCorp corporate strategy lives elsewhere. Job-seekers should use PacifiCorp / Berkshire Hathaway Energy careers channels and filter for Utah generation or geothermal O&M roles rather than expecting a Blundell-branded ATS.

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

PacifiCorp corporate site · https://www.pacificorp.com/
Ormat Utah context (Blundell bottoming cycle / county cluster) on Ormat Technologies
Nearby plant context via GridInfo Cove Fort / Thermo records (distance references) · https://www.gridinfo.com/plant/cove-fort/58570

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?