CABIN CREEK

How CABIN CREEK compares

With 300 MW of capacity, CABIN CREEK ranks 15th among the 114 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Colorado and is the largest of the 39 operating Hydro plants in the state. It accounts for about 26% of Colorado's operating Hydro capacity and 1.9% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 65th-largest of the 1,243 operating Hydro plants in the database. Commissioned in 1967, it is older than 75% of the 111 operating Colorado plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF COLORADO, runs 16 operating plants in Colorado totaling 5,892 MW. It shares Clear Creek County with one other operating plant, GEORGETOWN.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 300 MW of nameplate capacity, all hydroelectric pumped storage technology. Net generation was 104 GWh in 2024 (a 3.9% capacity factor).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is HENDERSON (115 kV), about 10.7 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF COLORADO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 3 operating power plants totaling 9 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is NORTH FORK HYDRO PLANT (6 MW, Hydro). Within 50 miles are 6 mapped data centers; the nearest is Zayo Networks in Louisville, about 35.9 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