Nameplate capacity
28 MW
Rank in Colorado
#92
of 326 plants
In service since
1978
June 1978
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- U S Bureau of Reclamation
- County
- Montrose County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.12%
- Rank among hydro plants in Colorado
- #8 of 49
- EIA plant code
- 6159
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 28 MW | 35 MW | 1978 | 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
| San Isabel Solar, LLC | Solar | 30 MW |
| Busch Ranch Wind Energy | Wind | 29 MW |
| Fruita | Natural gas | 27 MW |
| Tesla | Hydro | 27 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 28 MW solar plant and a 28 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