Frank Knutson
Natural gas power plant · Adams County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
154 MW
Rank in Colorado
#47
of 326 plants
In service since
2002
May 2002
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Tri-State G & T Assn, Inc
- County
- Adams County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.67%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Colorado
- #16 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 55505
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 77 MW | 67 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| BR2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 77 MW | 67 MW | 2002 | 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
| Mountain Peak Power Station | Natural gas | 163 MW |
| Colorado Green Holdings LLC | Wind | 162 MW |
| Limon Generating Station | Natural gas | 154 MW |
| Black Hollow Sun | Solar | 150 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 154 MW solar plant and a 154 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