ROCKY MOUNTAIN ENERGY CENTER

How ROCKY MOUNTAIN ENERGY CENTER compares

With 685 MW of capacity, ROCKY MOUNTAIN ENERGY CENTER ranks 5th among the 114 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Colorado and 2nd of the 21 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 12% of Colorado's operating Natural Gas capacity and 4.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 205th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2004, it is newer than 67% 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 SPINDLE HILL ENERGY CENTER.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 685 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 2,933 GWh in 2024 (a 49% capacity factor), up 15% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is RMEC (230 kV), about 0.1 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 8 operating power plants totaling 2,565 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 CoreSite - Denver (DE2) in Denver, about 31.4 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