PLAINS END

How PLAINS END compares

With 114 MW of capacity, PLAINS END ranks 37th among the 114 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Colorado and 15th of the 21 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 2.1% of Colorado's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.7% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 654th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2002, it is newer than 61% of the 111 operating Colorado plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, PLAINS END OPERATING SERVICES LLC, runs 2 operating plants in Colorado totaling 232 MW. It shares Jefferson County with 6 other operating plants, including PLAINS END II LLC and COLORADO ENERGY NATIONS COMPANY.

EIA-860 lists 20 generators at the site with 114 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas internal combustion engine technology. Net generation was 6.1 GWh in 2024 (a 0.6% capacity factor).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is PLAINS END (230 kV), about 0.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF COLORADO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 17 operating power plants totaling 1,515 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is CHEROKEE (551 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles are 6 mapped data centers; the nearest is Zayo Networks in Louisville, about 8.1 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