Front Range Power Plant
Natural gas power plant · El Paso County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
554 MW
Rank in Colorado
#8
of 326 plants
In service since
2003
April 2003
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- City of Colorado Springs - (CO)
- County
- El Paso County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 2.42%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Colorado
- #4 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 55283
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 247 MW | 190 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 154 MW | 135 MW | 2003 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 154 MW | 135 MW | 2003 | 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
| Rocky Mountain Energy Center | Natural gas | 685 MW |
| Rush Creek Wind | Wind | 600 MW |
| Pawnee | Natural gas | 552 MW |
| Rocky Mountain Solar | Solar | 525 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 554 MW solar plant and a 554 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