Power Plants Near 81403 — Montrose, CO

15 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 81403 (Montrose, Colorado). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 38.3602, -107.9381 · County: Montrose

Hydroelectric 96%Solar 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
7.6 mi	Drop 5 (Co) Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Drop 5 Hydro Llc
9.7 mi	Shavano Falls Hydro Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	3 MW	Shavano Falls Hydro Llc
10.7 mi	Shavano Falls Hydro Drop 4 Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Shavano Falls Hydro Llc - Drop 4 Project
11.8 mi	South Canal Hydro-3 Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Delta-Montrose Electric Association
12.9 mi	Tri-County Water Hydropower Project Ridgway, CO	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Tri-County Water Conservancy District
13.1 mi	South Canal Hydro-1 Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Delta-Montrose Electric Association
19.9 mi	Crystal Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	28 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
21.2 mi	Ash Mesa Solar, Llc Olathe, CO	Solar	8 MW	Ash Mesa Solar, Llc
22.5 mi	Morrow Point Montrose, CO	Hydroelectric	173 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
26.4 mi	Garnet Mesa Solar Delta, CO	Solar	—	Garnet Mesa Solar Llc
32.0 mi	Nucla Nucla, CO	Coal	—	Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc
33.1 mi	Blue Mesa Gunnison, CO	Hydroelectric	86 MW	U S Bureau Of Reclamation
34.3 mi	Ames Hydro Ophir, CO	Hydroelectric	4 MW	Public Service Co Of Colorado
44.2 mi	3 Mw Llc Somerset, CO	Other Fossil	3 MW	3 Mw Llc
46.3 mi	Smpa Solar 1 Community Solar Bedrock, CO	Solar	1 MW	San Miguel Power Assn, Inc

Power generation near this area

There are 15 power plants within 50 miles of Montrose, Colorado (ZIP 81403), with a combined 329 MW of nameplate capacity. Hydroelectric is the most common fuel type in this area with 10 of the 15 nearby plants. The closest plant is Drop 5 (Co) at 7.6 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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