Natural Gas Power Plants in Colorado

Colorado has 27 natural gas power plants in the Bywatts database, totaling 5.9 GW of nameplate capacity. The largest is FORT ST VRAIN (1,149 MW), operated by PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF COLORADO.

27Plants

5.9 GWCombined capacity

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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	111	THERMO POWER & ELECTRIC LLC	·
RIFLE GENERATING STATION	108	TRI-STATE G & T ASSN, INC	·
FORT LUPTON	78	PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF COLORADO	1972
ZUNI	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	37	THERMO GREELEY LLC	·
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO	33	UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO	1992
PUEBLO	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	5	CITY OF DELTA - (CO)	·