GEORGE BIRDSALL

How GEORGE BIRDSALL compares

With 60 MW of capacity, GEORGE BIRDSALL ranks 44th among the 114 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Colorado and 17th of the 21 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.1% of Colorado's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 777th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1953, it is older than 85% of the 111 operating Colorado plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS - (CO), runs 7 operating plants in Colorado totaling 1,171 MW. It shares El Paso County with 9 other operating plants, including FRONT RANGE POWER PLANT and RAY D NIXON.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 61 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas steam turbine technology. Net generation was 32.5 GWh in 2024 (a 6.1% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1953 and 1957.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is MARTIN DRAKE (115 kV), about 4.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS - (CO), under 0.1 miles away. Another 9 operating power plants totaling 1,347 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is FRONT RANGE POWER PLANT (541 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, Equinix DE2 - Denver in Denver, about 47.0 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