Directory of Power Plants in Colorado
Plant Name | Utility | Location | Balancing Authority | Annual Generation | Plant Date | Last Update | Fuel Types |
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3 MW LLC | 3 MW LLC | Somerset, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 2.6 GWh | Jun 2013 | Dec 2022 | Other Gas |
Trinidad (CO) | City of Trinidad - (CO) | Trinidad, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 26.0 MWh | Apr 1950 | Dec 2023 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
Blue Mesa | U S Bureau of Reclamation | Gunnison, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 171.0 GWh | Aug 1967 | Dec 2023 | Water |
Panorama Wind, LLC | Leeward Asset Management, LLC | Grover, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 561.2 GWh | May 2022 | Aug 2024 | Wind |
Pivot Solar 8 LLC (CSG) | Nautilus Solar Solutions | Platteville, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 3.8 GWh | Jun 2022 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Pivot Solar 3 LLC (CSG) | Nautilus Solar Solutions | Parachute, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 3.8 GWh | Jun 2022 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Pivot Solar 7 LLC (CSG) | Nautilus Solar Solutions | Rifle, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 3.5 GWh | Jun 2022 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Pivot Solar 15 LLC (CSG) | Nautilus Solar Solutions | Brush, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 2.0 GWh | Nov 2022 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Pivot Solar 2 LLC (CSG) | Nautilus Solar Solutions | Brush, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 3.8 GWh | Nov 2022 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Pivot Solar 14 LLC (CSG) | Nautilus Solar Solutions | Brush, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 3.8 GWh | Nov 2022 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Pivot Solar 1 LLC (CSG) | Nautilus Solar Solutions | Parachute, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 1.9 GWh | Jun 2022 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Pivot Solar 4 LLC (CSG) | Nautilus Solar Solutions | Platteville, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 3.7 GWh | Jun 2022 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Pikes Peak Solar Garden 1 LLC CSG | Pikes Peak Solar Garden 1 LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 10.0 GWh | Jun 2015 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Limon Generating Station | Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc | Limon, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 153.7 GWh | Jan 2002 | Dec 2023 | Natural Gas : 98.3% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.7% |
Coyote Ridge Community Solar | Poudre Valley REA, Inc | Fort Collins, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 3.1 GWh | Sep 2017 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
SR Kersey | SR Kersey, LLC | Kersey, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 7.1 GWh | Jul 2017 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Drop 5 | Drop 5 Hydro LLC | Montrose, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 8.9 GWh | Feb 2017 | Nov 2023 | Water |
Shavano Falls Hydro Drop 4 | Shavano Falls Hydro LLC - Drop 4 Project | Montrose, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 20.4 GWh | May 2015 | Nov 2023 | Water |
Shavano Falls Hydro | Shavano Falls Hydro LLC | Montrose, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 10.8 GWh | May 2015 | Nov 2023 | Water |
Twin Buttes II Wind | Avangrid Renewables LLC | Lamar, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 283.1 GWh | Nov 2017 | Aug 2024 | Wind |
Clear Spring Ranch PV Project | DG Colorado Solar, LLC | Fountain, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 20.2 GWh | Sep 2016 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
SR Skylark B | SR Skylark B, LLC | Severance, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 3.9 GWh | Aug 2016 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
SR Mavericks | SR Mavericks, LLC | Mead, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 14.8 GWh | Nov 2016 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Skylark | SR Clinch, LLC | Severance, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 8.8 GWh | Nov 2015 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Valley View Solar | SR Clinch, LLC | Greeley, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 9.7 GWh | Nov 2015 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
OREG 4 Peetz | Ormat Nevada Inc | Peetz, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 3.2 GWh | Feb 2009 | May 2024 | Waste Heat |
Front Range Power Plant | City of Colorado Springs - (CO) | Fountain, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 2.2 TWh | Mar 2003 | Aug 2024 | Natural Gas |
Colorado Highlands Wind | Colorado Highlands Wind LLC | Fleming, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 337.2 GWh | Nov 2012 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
Kit Carson Windpower | Duke Energy Renewables Services | Burlington, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 156.9 GWh | Oct 2010 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
Brighton PV Solar Plant | Hangar 160 LLC | Brighton, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 3.1 GWh | Nov 2012 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Front Range Project | Timberline Energy LLC | Erie, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 10.9 GWh | Sep 2011 | Dec 2023 | Landfill Gas |
Tri-County Water Hydropower Project | Tri-County Water Conservancy District | Ridgway, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 15.8 GWh | Mar 2014 | Aug 2024 | Water |
South Canal Hydro-3 | Delta-Montrose Electric Association | Montrose, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 12.3 GWh | Jul 2013 | Nov 2023 | Water |
South Canal Hydro-1 | Delta-Montrose Electric Association | Montrose, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 16.6 GWh | May 2013 | Nov 2023 | Water |
Carter Hydro | Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District | Berthoud, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 10.2 GWh | May 2012 | Aug 2024 | Water |
Huerfano River Wind | Huerfano River Wind, LLC | Walsenburg, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 12.4 GWh | Sep 2013 | Dec 2023 | Wind |
CSU Pueblo | Scale Sustainable I, LLC | Pueblo, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 1.1 GWh | Nov 2008 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Carson Solar I | Carson Solar 1 LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 3.0 GWh | Nov 2007 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
AFA Solar Farm | Solar Star Colorado II LLC | Colorado Springs, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 11.0 GWh | Feb 2011 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Vestas Towers America, Inc. | CS Wind America, Inc. | Pueblo, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 2.4 GWh | Mar 2010 | Aug 2024 | Wind |
Riverview Solar | Highline Services, LLC | Sterling, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 3.5 GWh | Oct 2019 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Upper Molina | U S Bureau of Reclamation | Molina, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 32.0 GWh | Nov 1962 | Dec 2023 | Water |
Craig (CO) | Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc | Craig, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 5.0 TWh | Oct 1979 | Aug 2024 | Subbituminous Coal : 99.7% |
Crystal | U S Bureau of Reclamation | Montrose, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 122.7 GWh | May 1978 | Dec 2023 | Water |
Tacoma | Public Service Co of Colorado | Durango, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 957.0 MWh | May 1905 | Dec 2023 | Water |
Ames Hydro | Public Service Co of Colorado | Ophir, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 7.1 GWh | May 1906 | Dec 2023 | Water |
Burlington (CO) | Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc | Burlington, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 9.7 GWh | May 1977 | Aug 2024 | Distillate Fuel Oil |
SR Skylark C | SR Skylark C, LLC | Windsor, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 2.5 GWh | Nov 2019 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
SR Kersey II | SR Kersey II, LLC | Kersey, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 2.0 GWh | Nov 2019 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Tesla | City of Colorado Springs - (CO) | Colorado Springs, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 56.4 GWh | Mar 1997 | Dec 2023 | Water |
McPhee | U S Bureau of Reclamation | Cortez, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 5.4 GWh | Nov 1992 | Dec 2023 | Water |
Towaoc | U S Bureau of Reclamation | Cortez, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 16.8 GWh | Apr 1993 | Oct 2023 | Water |
Whiskey Hill Solar | Mountain Parks Services, Inc. | Walden, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 2.4 GWh | Oct 2019 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Tom Sifers Solar | Mountain Parks Services, Inc. | Fraser, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 2.2 GWh | Oct 2019 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Lower Molina | U S Bureau of Reclamation | Molina, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 18.6 GWh | Nov 1962 | Dec 2023 | Water |
Ray D Nixon | City of Colorado Springs - (CO) | Fountain, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 928.6 GWh | Mar 1980 | Aug 2024 | Subbituminous Coal : 98.1% Natural Gas : 1.7% |
Foothills Hydro Plant | Denver City & County-Foothills | Littleton, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 5.1 GWh | Apr 1985 | Nov 2023 | Water |
Quincy Solar | Terraform Arcadia | Watkins, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 3.5 GWh | Aug 2018 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Gilcrest Solar | Terraform Arcadia | Platteville, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 3.4 GWh | Jul 2018 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Crossing Trails Wind Power Project LLC. | EDP Renewables North America LLC | Seibert, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 408.1 GWh | Mar 2021 | Aug 2024 | Wind |
Grazing Yak Solar | Grazing Yak Solar, LLC | Calhan, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 85.0 GWh | Oct 2019 | Aug 2024 | Solar |
Williams Fork Hydro Plant | Denver City & County of | Parshall, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 8.7 GWh | Jun 1959 | Dec 2023 | Water |
North Fork Hydro Plant | Denver City & County of | Grant, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 12.7 GWh | Dec 1987 | Dec 2023 | Water |
Williams Ignacio Natural Gas Plant | Harvest Midstream Co | Durango, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 47.9 GWh | Nov 1984 | Aug 2024 | Waste Heat |
Vallecito Hydroelectric | Ptarmigan Res & Engy Inc | Bayfield, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 25.7 GWh | Apr 1989 | Oct 2023 | Water |
Bar D | Cypress Creek Renewables | Meeker, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 7.4 GWh | Nov 2018 | Dec 2023 | Solar |
Taylor Draw Hydroelectric Facility | Rio Blanco Water Conserv Dist | Rangely, CO | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region (WACM) | 34.0 MWh | Mar 1993 | Dec 2023 | Water |
Browse Power Plants By Colorado Counties
Figures are based on August 2024 generation numbers.County | State Rank | Active Plants | Aug 2024 Generation |
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Weld County, CO | # 1 | 52 | 11.2 TWh |
Pueblo County, CO | # 2 | 16 | 10.0 TWh |
Moffat County, CO | # 3 | 3 | 5.0 TWh |
El Paso County, CO | # 4 | 18 | 4.8 TWh |
Adams County, CO | # 5 | 30 | 4.5 TWh |
Logan County, CO | # 6 | 17 | 3.1 TWh |
Morgan County, CO | # 7 | 9 | 2.8 TWh |
Kit Carson County, CO | # 8 | 7 | 2.7 TWh |
Lincoln County, CO | # 9 | 5 | 2.6 TWh |
Routt County, CO | # 10 | 1 | 2.2 TWh |
Elbert County, CO | # 11 | 2 | 2.1 TWh |
Larimer County, CO | # 12 | 12 | 1.9 TWh |
Cheyenne County, CO | # 13 | 1 | 1.9 TWh |
Prowers County, CO | # 14 | 4 | 861.6 GWh |
Montrose County, CO | # 15 | 10 | 483.6 GWh |
Huerfano County, CO | # 16 | 4 | 460.8 GWh |
Denver County, CO | # 17 | 15 | 314.0 GWh |
Arapahoe County, CO | # 18 | 13 | 304.0 GWh |
Alamosa County, CO | # 19 | 9 | 296.4 GWh |
Bent County, CO | # 20 | 2 | 219.0 GWh |
Jefferson County, CO | # 21 | 9 | 186.5 GWh |
Gunnison County, CO | # 22 | 2 | 173.6 GWh |
Clear Creek County, CO | # 23 | 3 | 137.1 GWh |
County | State Rank | Active Plants | Aug 2024 Generation |
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Boulder County, CO | # 24 | 11 | 108.0 GWh |
Mesa County, CO | # 25 | 11 | 104.2 GWh |
Eagle County, CO | # 26 | 3 | 97.0 GWh |
Las Animas County, CO | # 27 | 4 | 75.4 GWh |
La Plata County, CO | # 28 | 3 | 74.5 GWh |
Summit County, CO | # 29 | 2 | 60.0 GWh |
Garfield County, CO | # 30 | 12 | 45.9 GWh |
Montezuma County, CO | # 31 | 7 | 36.7 GWh |
Grand County, CO | # 32 | 3 | 16.0 GWh |
Ouray County, CO | # 33 | 1 | 15.8 GWh |
Baca County, CO | # 34 | 5 | 13.9 GWh |
Park County, CO | # 35 | 1 | 12.7 GWh |
Douglas County, CO | # 36 | 2 | 12.3 GWh |
Pitkin County, CO | # 37 | 2 | 11.8 GWh |
Chaffee County, CO | # 38 | 3 | 10.5 GWh |
Rio Blanco County, CO | # 39 | 3 | 7.5 GWh |
Conejos County, CO | # 40 | 2 | 7.4 GWh |
San Miguel County, CO | # 41 | 1 | 7.1 GWh |
Saguache County, CO | # 42 | 2 | 6.0 GWh |
Fremont County, CO | # 43 | 2 | 3.9 GWh |
Rio Grande County, CO | # 44 | 1 | 3.8 GWh |
Crowley County, CO | # 45 | 1 | 3.7 GWh |
Jackson County, CO | # 46 | 1 | 2.4 GWh |