ARAPAHOE COMBUSTION TURBINE PROJECT

How ARAPAHOE COMBUSTION TURBINE PROJECT compares

With 194 MW of capacity, ARAPAHOE COMBUSTION TURBINE PROJECT ranks 28th among the 114 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Colorado and 10th of the 21 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 3.5% of Colorado's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 544th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2000, it is newer than 55% of the 111 operating Colorado plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, SWG COLORADO LLC, runs 2 operating plants in Colorado totaling 336 MW. It shares Denver County with 4 other operating plants, including METRO WASTEWATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT and CITY & COUNTY OF DENVER AT DENVER INT'L.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 194 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 249 GWh in 2024 (a 15% capacity factor), up 10% from 2022. Its generators came online between 2000 and 2002.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is ARAPAHOE (230 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF COLORADO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 15 operating power plants totaling 1,257 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is CHEROKEE (551 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles are 6 mapped data centers; the nearest is CoreSite - Denver (DE1) in Denver, about 5.3 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology