McPhee

Hydro power plant · Montezuma County, Colorado

Nameplate capacity
1.2 MW
Rank in Colorado
#312
of 326 plants
In service since
1992
December 1992

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
U S Bureau of Reclamation
County
Montezuma County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among hydro plants in Colorado
#46 of 49
EIA plant code
7372

Generating units

Individual generating units at McPhee
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric1.2 MW1.2 MW1992Operating

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