Mountain Peak Power Station
Natural gas power plant · Weld County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
163 MW
Rank in Colorado
#45
of 326 plants
In service since
2025
June 2025
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Mountain Peak Power, LLC
- County
- Weld County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.71%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Colorado
- #15 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 68386
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPP_1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 27 MW | 23 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| MPP_2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 27 MW | 23 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| MPP_3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 27 MW | 23 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| MPP_4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 27 MW | 23 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| MPP_5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 27 MW | 23 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| MPP_6 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 27 MW | 23 MW | 2025 | 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
| Morrow Point | Hydro | 173 MW |
| Mountain Breeze Wind, LLC | Wind | 172 MW |
| Colorado Green Holdings LLC | Wind | 162 MW |
| Frank Knutson | Natural gas | 154 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 163 MW solar plant and a 163 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