Drop 5 (CO)
Hydro power plant · Montrose County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
2.4 MW
Rank in Colorado
#215
of 326 plants
In service since
2017
March 2017
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Drop 5 Hydro LLC
- County
- Montrose County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among hydro plants in Colorado
- #39 of 49
- EIA plant code
- 61191
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.4 MW | 2.4 MW | 2017 | 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
| Sugarloaf Hydro Plant | Hydro | 2.5 MW |
| CBEP Solar 3 | Solar | 2.4 MW |
| USS Cogburn Solar LLC (CSG) | Solar | 2.4 MW |
| Taylor Draw Hydroelectric Facility | Hydro | 2.3 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 2.4 MW solar plant and a 2.4 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