FORT LUPTON

How FORT LUPTON compares

With 78 MW of capacity, FORT LUPTON ranks 40th among the 114 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Colorado and 16th of the 21 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.4% of Colorado's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 733rd-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1972, it is older than 72% 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 Weld County with 6 other operating plants, including FORT ST VRAIN and ROCKY MOUNTAIN ENERGY CENTER.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 101 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 78 MW). Net generation was 12.4 GWh in 2024 (a 1.4% capacity factor).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is RECYCLING COORS (230 kV), about 0.4 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF COLORADO, about 0.3 miles away. Another 12 operating power plants totaling 3,881 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is FORT ST VRAIN (1,149 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 6 mapped data centers; the nearest is Zayo Networks in Louisville, about 21.4 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