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Canyon Peak Power Station

Natural gas power plant · Arapahoe County, Colorado

Nameplate capacity
157 MW
Rank in Colorado
#48
of 329 plants
In service since
2026
August 2026

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
Canyon Peak Power, LLC
County
Arapahoe County
Generating units
6
Share of state capacity
0.66%
Rank among natural gas plants in Colorado
#17 of 31
EIA plant code
68741

Generating units

Individual generating units at Canyon Peak Power Station
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
CPP_1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine26 MW22 MW2026Operating
CPP_2Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine26 MW22 MW2026Operating
CPP_3Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine26 MW22 MW2026Operating
CPP_4Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine26 MW22 MW2026Operating
CPP_5Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine26 MW22 MW2026Operating
CPP_6Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine26 MW22 MW2026Operating

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, August 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 157 MW solar plant and a 157 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