Power Plants Near 81402 — Montrose, CO

18 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81402 (Montrose, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.4851, -107.8860 · County: Montrose

Hydroelectric 96%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
6.3 mi	South Canal Hydro-3 Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Delta-Montrose Electric Association
6.3 mi	Shavano Falls Hydro Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Shavano Falls Hydro Llc
6.4 mi	Shavano Falls Hydro Drop 4 Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Shavano Falls Hydro Llc - Drop 4 Project
6.9 mi	Drop 5 (Co) Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Drop 5 Hydro Llc
7.1 mi	South Canal Hydro-1 Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Delta-Montrose Electric Association
13.7 mi	Ash Mesa Solar, Llc Olathe, CO	Solar	8 MW	Ash Mesa Solar, Llc
14.2 mi	Crystal Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	28 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
18.4 mi	Tri-County Water Hydropower Project Ridgway, CO	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Tri-County Water Conservancy District
18.4 mi	Garnet Mesa Solar Delta, CO	Solar	—	Garnet Mesa Solar Llc
18.9 mi	Morrow Point Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	173 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
29.8 mi	Blue Mesa Gunnison, CO	Hydroelectric	86 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
35.4 mi	3 Mw Llc Somerset, CO	Other Fossil	3 MW	3 Mw Llc
37.7 mi	Nucla Nucla, CO	Coal	—	Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc
42.8 mi	Ames Hydro Ophir, CO	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
46.0 mi	Upper Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	10 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
48.2 mi	Mesa Csg 2 Massicotte Palisade, CO	Solar	2 MW	Standard Solar
49.3 mi	Vinelands Power Plant Palisade, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Grand Valley Power Llc
49.7 mi	Lower Molina Molina, CO	Hydroelectric	6 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation

Power generation near this area

There are 18 power plants within 50 miles of Montrose, Colorado (ZIP 81402), with a combined 349 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 13 of the 18 nearby plants. The closest plant is South Canal Hydro-3 at 6.3 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Colorado, visit the Colorado state page.

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