Largest Power Plants in Colorado

Colorado has 342 power plants with a combined nameplate capacity of 21,705 MW. The table below ranks the 50 largest by installed capacity — these are the facilities with the most generation potential in the state. Nameplate capacity measures the maximum output under ideal conditions; actual generation depends on fuel cost, demand, and maintenance schedules.

For a complete list of all plants in the state, visit the Colorado state page. To find plants near a specific address, use the address lookup.

#	Plant	State	Fuel	Capacity
1	Craig (Co)	Colorado	Coal	1,428 MW
2	Comanche (Co)	Colorado	Coal	1,253 MW
3	Fort St Vrain	Colorado	Natural Gas	1,149 MW
4	Cherokee	Colorado	Natural Gas	1,006 MW
5	Rawhide	Colorado	Coal	800 MW
6	Rocky Mountain Energy Center	Colorado	Natural Gas	685 MW
7	Rush Creek Wind	Colorado	Wind	600 MW
8	Front Range Power Plant	Colorado	Natural Gas	554 MW
9	Pawnee	Colorado	Coal	552 MW
10	Cheyenne Ridge Wind Farm	Colorado	Wind	498 MW
11	Hayden	Colorado	Coal	465 MW
12	Neptune Energy Center Hybrid	Colorado	Solar	450 MW
13	Pueblo Airport Generating Station	Colorado	Natural Gas	440 MW
14	Spindle Hill Energy Center	Colorado	Natural Gas	420 MW
15	Blue Spruce Energy Center	Colorado	Natural Gas	398 MW
16	Jm Shafer Generating Station	Colorado	Natural Gas	397 MW
17	Thunder Wolf Energy Center Hybrid	Colorado	Solar	348 MW
18	Cedar Creek Wind	Colorado	Wind	301 MW
19	Cabin Creek	Colorado	Hydroelectric	300 MW
20	Manchief Electric Generating Station	Colorado	Natural Gas	300 MW
21	Bronco Plains Wind, Llc	Colorado	Wind	300 MW
22	Brush Generation Facility	Colorado	Natural Gas	297 MW
23	Ray D Nixon	Colorado	Coal	283 MW
24	Cedar Point Wind	Colorado	Wind	252 MW
25	Golden West Power Partners Llc	Colorado	Wind	250 MW
26	Cedar Creek Ii	Colorado	Wind	248 MW
27	South Plant (Co)	Colorado	Natural Gas	245 MW
28	Bighorn Solar 1	Colorado	Solar	240 MW
29	Fountain Valley Power Facility	Colorado	Natural Gas	228 MW
30	Niyol Wind, Llc	Colorado	Wind	206 MW
31	Logan Wind Energy	Colorado	Wind	201 MW
32	Limon Iii Wind Llc	Colorado	Wind	201 MW
33	Mount Elbert	Colorado	Hydroelectric	200 MW
34	Limon Wind I	Colorado	Wind	200 MW
35	Limon Wind Ii	Colorado	Wind	200 MW
36	Sun Mountain Solar 1	Colorado	Solar	200 MW
37	Bronco Plains Wind Ii, Llc	Colorado	Wind	200 MW
38	Peetz Table Wind Energy	Colorado	Wind	200 MW
39	Arapahoe Combustion Turbine Project	Colorado	Natural Gas	194 MW
40	Pike Solar Hybrid	Colorado	Solar	175 MW
41	Northern Colorado Wind Llc	Colorado	Wind	174 MW
42	Morrow Point	Colorado	Hydroelectric	173 MW
43	Mountain Breeze Wind, Llc	Colorado	Wind	172 MW
44	Colorado Green Holdings Llc	Colorado	Wind	162 MW
45	Limon Generating Station	Colorado	Natural Gas	154 MW
46	Frank Knutson	Colorado	Natural Gas	154 MW
47	Carousel Wind Farm Llc	Colorado	Wind	150 MW
48	Panorama Wind, Llc	Colorado	Wind	145 MW
49	Valmont Combustion Turbine Project	Colorado	Natural Gas	142 MW
50	Spanish Peaks Solar	Colorado	Solar	140 MW

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PowerPlantsNearMe.com. (2026). Largest Power Plants in Colorado. Derived from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID. Retrieved from https://powerplantsnearme.com/largest-power-plants/colorado

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