Nameplate capacity
200 MW
Rank in Colorado
#37
of 326 plants
In service since
1981
June 1981
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Hydroelectric Pumped Storage
- Operator
- U S Bureau of Reclamation
- County
- Lake County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.87%
- Rank among hydro plants in Colorado
- #2 of 49
- EIA plant code
- 6208
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hydroelectric Pumped Storage | 100 MW | 115 MW | 1981 | Operating |
| 2 | Hydroelectric Pumped Storage | 100 MW | 115 MW | 1984 | 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
| Limon Wind I | Wind | 200 MW |
| Limon Wind II | Wind | 200 MW |
| Sun Mountain Solar 1 | Solar | 200 MW |
| Peetz Table Wind Energy | Wind | 200 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 200 MW solar plant and a 200 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