American Gypsum Cogeneration
Natural gas power plant · Eagle County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
9.6 MW
Rank in Colorado
#118
of 326 plants
In service since
1990
March 1990
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Eagle Materials Co LLC
- County
- Eagle County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Colorado
- #27 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 54630
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 3.6 MW | 2.6 MW | 1990 | Operating |
| T-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 2.8 MW | 2.6 MW | 1990 | Operating |
| D-1 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.6 MW | 1.2 MW | 1990 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| D-2 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.6 MW | 1.2 MW | 1990 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 9.6 MW solar plant and a 9.6 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Colorado power plants · What Colorado actually generates