Brush Generation Facility
Natural gas power plant · Morgan County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
273 MW
Rank in Colorado
#24
of 326 plants
In service since
1990
October 1990
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Brush Power LLC
- County
- Morgan County
- Generating units
- 7
- Share of state capacity
- 1.19%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Colorado
- #11 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 10682
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 90 MW | 90 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 38 MW | 30 MW | 1990 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| GT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 37 MW | 32 MW | 1994 | Operating |
| ST2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 37 MW | 40 MW | 1994 | Operating |
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 24 MW | 25 MW | 1990 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| GT4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 24 MW | 25 MW | 1999 | Operating |
| GT5 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 24 MW | 25 MW | 1999 | 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
| Manchief Electric Generating Station | Natural gas | 300 MW |
| Ray D Nixon | Coal | 283 MW |
| Cedar Point Wind | Wind | 252 MW |
| Golden West Power Partners LLC | Wind | 250 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 273 MW solar plant and a 273 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