Power Plants in Colorado

Colorado operates 342 power plants totaling 21,705 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas dominates the mix at 34%, followed by Wind (25%) and Coal (22%). The largest plant is Craig (Co) at 1,427 MW.

Plants342operating sites

Capacity21,704 MWnameplate

Generation57.5M MWhannual

CO₂31.2Mmetric tons/year

Natural Gas 34%Wind 25%Coal 22%Solar 12%Hydroelectric 5%

Plant locations

Showing the 120 largest plants by capacity. Colorado operates another 222 plants below this size — browse the lists below to reach them.

Largest plants in Colorado

Plant	City	Fuel	Capacity
Craig (Co)	Craig	Coal	1,428 MW
Comanche (Co)	Pueblo	Coal	1,253 MW
Fort St Vrain	Platteville	Natural Gas	1,149 MW
Cherokee	Denver	Natural Gas	1,006 MW
Rawhide	Wellington	Coal	800 MW
Rocky Mountain Energy Center	Keenesburg	Natural Gas	685 MW
Rush Creek Wind	Matheson	Wind	600 MW
Front Range Power Plant	Fountain	Natural Gas	554 MW
Pawnee	Brush	Coal	552 MW
Cheyenne Ridge Wind Farm	Cheyenne Wells	Wind	498 MW
Hayden	Hayden	Coal	465 MW
Neptune Energy Center Hybrid	Boone	Solar	450 MW
Pueblo Airport Generating Station	Pueblo	Natural Gas	440 MW
Spindle Hill Energy Center	Fort Lupton	Natural Gas	420 MW
Blue Spruce Energy Center	Aurora	Natural Gas	398 MW
Jm Shafer Generating Station	Ft. Lupton	Natural Gas	397 MW
Thunder Wolf Energy Center Hybrid	Avondale	Solar	348 MW
Cedar Creek Wind	Grover	Wind	301 MW
Cabin Creek	Georgetown	Hydroelectric	300 MW
Manchief Electric Generating Station	Brush	Natural Gas	300 MW
Bronco Plains Wind, Llc	Flagler	Wind	300 MW
Brush Generation Facility	Brush	Natural Gas	297 MW
Ray D Nixon	Fountain	Coal	283 MW
Cedar Point Wind	Limon	Wind	252 MW
Golden West Power Partners Llc	Calhan	Wind	250 MW
Cedar Creek Ii	New Raymer	Wind	248 MW
South Plant (Co)	Colorado Springs	Natural Gas	245 MW
Bighorn Solar 1	Pueblo	Solar	240 MW
Fountain Valley Power Facility	Fountain	Natural Gas	228 MW
Niyol Wind, Llc	Fleming	Wind	206 MW
Logan Wind Energy	Peetz	Wind	201 MW
Limon Iii Wind Llc	Limon	Wind	201 MW
Mount Elbert	Twin Lakes	Hydroelectric	200 MW
Limon Wind I	Limon	Wind	200 MW
Limon Wind Ii	Limon	Wind	200 MW
Sun Mountain Solar 1	Unincorporated Pueblo	Solar	200 MW
Bronco Plains Wind Ii, Llc	Kit Carson	Wind	200 MW
Peetz Table Wind Energy	Peetz	Wind	200 MW
Arapahoe Combustion Turbine Project	Denver	Natural Gas	194 MW
Pike Solar Hybrid	Fountain	Solar	175 MW
Northern Colorado Wind Llc	Peetz	Wind	174 MW
Morrow Point	Montrose	Hydroelectric	173 MW
Mountain Breeze Wind, Llc	Grover	Wind	172 MW
Colorado Green Holdings Llc	Lamar	Wind	162 MW
Limon Generating Station	Limon	Natural Gas	154 MW
Frank Knutson	Commerce City	Natural Gas	154 MW
Carousel Wind Farm Llc	Burlington	Wind	150 MW
Panorama Wind, Llc	Grover	Wind	145 MW
Valmont Combustion Turbine Project	Boulder	Natural Gas	142 MW
Spanish Peaks Solar	Trinidad	Solar	140 MW

By county

Weld County57 plants · 3,828 MW Pueblo County18 plants · 3,094 MW El Paso County19 plants · 1,948 MW Adams County36 plants · 1,768 MW Moffat County3 plants · 1,431 MW Morgan County10 plants · 1,159 MW Larimer County12 plants · 1,052 MW Logan County18 plants · 1,052 MW Lincoln County5 plants · 1,006 MW Kit Carson County7 plants · 934 MW Elbert County2 plants · 600 MW Cheyenne County1 plants · 498 MW Routt County1 plants · 465 MW Clear Creek County2 plants · 301 MW Jefferson County6 plants · 277 MW Boulder County12 plants · 261 MW Prowers County4 plants · 247 MW Montrose County10 plants · 227 MW Denver County8 plants · 217 MW Lake County2 plants · 202 MW Alamosa County9 plants · 202 MW Las Animas County4 plants · 179 MW Huerfano County4 plants · 157 MW Arapahoe County15 plants · 148 MW Gunnison County2 plants · 89 MW Bent County2 plants · 80 MW Mesa County12 plants · 56 MW Garfield County12 plants · 35 MW Summit County2 plants · 27 MW Eagle County3 plants · 27 MW Montezuma County9 plants · 21 MW La Plata County4 plants · 18 MW Otero County2 plants · 11 MW Baca County3 plants · 8 MW Ouray County1 plants · 8 MW Broomfield County1 plants · 7 MW Rio Blanco County2 plants · 6 MW Grand County3 plants · 5 MW Chaffee County3 plants · 5 MW Park County1 plants · 5 MW Pitkin County2 plants · 5 MW Douglas County2 plants · 4 MW San Miguel County1 plants · 3 MW Sedgwick County1 plants · 2 MW Conejos County2 plants · 2 MW Saguache County1 plants · 2 MW Crowley County1 plants · 2 MW Fremont County2 plants · 1 MW Rio Grande County1 plants · 1 MW Jackson County1 plants · 1 MW Delta County1 plants · 0 MW