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Georgetown Hydro

Hydro power plant · Clear Creek County, Colorado

Nameplate capacity
1.2 MW
Rank in Colorado
#309
of 326 plants
In service since
2006
January 2006

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Public Service Co of Colorado
County
Clear Creek County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among hydro plants in Colorado
#44 of 49
EIA plant code
472

Generating units

Individual generating units at Georgetown Hydro
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric0.6 MW0.8 MW2006Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric0.6 MW0.8 MW2008Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 1.2 MW solar plant and a 1.2 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