Blue Spruce Energy Center
Natural gas power plant · Adams County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
398 MW
Rank in Colorado
#16
of 326 plants
In service since
2003
May 2003
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Public Service Co of Colorado
- County
- Adams County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 1.73%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Colorado
- #8 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 55645
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT01 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 199 MW | 130 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| CT02 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 199 MW | 134 MW | 2003 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Colorado
| Pueblo Airport Generating Station | Natural gas | 440 MW |
| Spindle Hill Energy Center | Natural gas | 420 MW |
| JM Shafer Generating Station | Natural gas | 397 MW |
| Thunder Wolf Energy Center Hybrid | Solar | 348 MW |
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 398 MW solar plant and a 398 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