Fountain Valley Power Facility
Natural gas power plant · El Paso County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
228 MW
Rank in Colorado
#30
of 326 plants
In service since
2001
July 2001
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Fountain Valley Power LLC
- County
- El Paso County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.99%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Colorado
- #13 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 55453
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 38 MW | 39 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| S2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 38 MW | 39 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| S3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 38 MW | 39 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| S4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 38 MW | 39 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| S5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 38 MW | 39 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| S6 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 38 MW | 39 MW | 2001 | 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
| South Plant (CO) | Natural gas | 245 MW |
| Bighorn Solar 1 | Solar | 240 MW |
| Niyol Wind, LLC | Wind | 206 MW |
| Logan Wind Energy | Wind | 201 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 228 MW solar plant and a 228 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