Natural Gas Power Plants in Colorado
Colorado has 27 natural gas power plants in the Bywatts database, 5 of them retired and one partly retired with no operable natural gas units according to EIA-860. Together they total 5.9 GW of nameplate capacity, 5.5 GW of it at operating plants. The largest operating plant is FORT ST VRAIN (1,149 MW), operated by PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF COLORADO.
27Plants
5.9 GWCombined capacity
All 27 natural gas plants in Colorado
| Plant | Capacity (MW) | Operator | Commissioned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORT ST VRAIN | 1,149 | PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF COLORADO | 1996 |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN ENERGY CENTER | 685 | PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF COLORADO | 2004 |
| FRONT RANGE POWER PLANT | 541 | CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS - (CO) | 2003 |
| BLUE SPRUCE ENERGY CENTER | 398 | PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF COLORADO | 2003 |
| SPINDLE HILL ENERGY CENTER | 394 | INVENERGY SERVICES LLC | 2007 |
| JM SHAFER GENERATING STATION | 387 | TRI-STATE G & T ASSN, INC | 1994 |
| MANCHIEF ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION | 300 | MANCHIEF POWER CO LLC | 2000 |
| BRUSH GENERATION FACILITY | 300 | COLORADO ENERGY MANAGEMENT | 1990 |
| FOUNTAIN VALLEY POWER FACILITY | 228 | FOUNTAIN VALLEY POWER LLC | 2001 |
| ARAPAHOE COMBUSTION TURBINE PROJECT | 194 | SWG COLORADO LLC | 2000 |
| FRANK KNUTSON | 154 | TRI-STATE G & T ASSN, INC | 2002 |
| LIMON GENERATING STATION | 154 | TRI-STATE G & T ASSN, INC | 2002 |
| VALMONT COMBUSTION TURBINE PROJECT | 142 | SWG COLORADO LLC | 2000 |
| PLAINS END II LLC | 118 | PLAINS END OPERATING SERVICES LLC | 2008 |
| PLAINS END | 114 | PLAINS END OPERATING SERVICES LLC | 2002 |
| THERMO POWER & ELECTRIC Retired 2013 | 111 | THERMO POWER & ELECTRIC LLC | · |
| RIFLE GENERATING STATION Retired 2022 | 108 | TRI-STATE G & T ASSN, INC | · |
| FORT LUPTON | 78 | PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF COLORADO | 1972 |
| ZUNI Retired 2015 | 75 | PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF COLORADO | · |
| GEORGE BIRDSALL | 60 | CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS - (CO) | 1953 |
| ALAMOSA | 53 | PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF COLORADO | 1973 |
| THERMO GREELEY Retired 2016 | 37 | THERMO GREELEY LLC | · |
| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO | 33 | UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO | 1992 |
| PUEBLO Partly retired | 33 | BLACK HILLS/COLORADO ELEC.UTIL | 1964 |
| FRUITA | 27 | PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF COLORADO | 1973 |
| AMERICAN GYPSUM COGENERATION | 10 | EAGLE MATERIALS CO LLC | 1990 |
| DELTA Retired 2014 | 5 | CITY OF DELTA - (CO) | · |