CHEROKEE

How CHEROKEE compares

With 551 MW of capacity, CHEROKEE ranks 7th among the 114 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Colorado and 5th of the 9 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 9.2% of Colorado's operating Coal capacity and 3.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 158th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1968, it is older than 74% 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 Adams County with 2 other operating plants, BLUE SPRUCE ENERGY CENTER and FRANK KNUTSON.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 1,006 MW of nameplate capacity (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 551 MW). Net generation was 3,397 GWh in 2024 (a 38% capacity factor), up 5% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1968 and 2015.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is CHEROKEE (230 kV), about 0.2 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 24 operating power plants totaling 2,103 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is BLUE SPRUCE ENERGY CENTER (398 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 6 mapped data centers; the nearest is Level(3) Denver in Denver, about 4.4 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