Mountain Peak Power Station is a natural gas power plant in Colorado with a nameplate capacity of 163 MW.
The 163 MW is nameplate capacity: the most this plant's generators are rated to produce, not what it actually generates. EPA eGRID reports no positive net generation for it this year.
How it works
Why the numbers look like this: a combustion turbine can go from cold to full power in well under an hour, often minutes, so grid operators call on these plants for the few hottest or coldest hours of the year. A low capacity factor here is the job description, not a failure.
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| Address | 10001 Cr 55 |
|---|---|
| City | Keenesburg |
| County | Weld County |
| State | Colorado |
| ZIP | 80643 |
| Coordinates | 40.14723, -104.54923 |
| Operator | Mountain Peak Power, LLC |
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Nameplate capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPP_1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 27.1 MW | Under Construction | — |
| MPP_2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 27.1 MW | Under Construction | — |
| MPP_3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 27.1 MW | Under Construction | — |
| MPP_4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 27.1 MW | Under Construction | — |
| MPP_5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 27.1 MW | Under Construction | — |
| MPP_6 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 27.1 MW | Under Construction | — |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindle Energy LLC | Princeton, NJ | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| NERC Region | WECC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.