Nameplate capacity
800 MW
Rank in Colorado
#5
of 326 plants
In service since
1984
April 1984
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Platte River Power Authority
- County
- Larimer County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 3.49%
- Rank among coal plants in Colorado
- #3 of 5
- EIA plant code
- 6761
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 294 MW | 280 MW | 1984 | Operating |
| F | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 150 MW | 128 MW | 2008 | Operating |
| A | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 89 MW | 65 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| B | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 89 MW | 65 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| C | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 89 MW | 65 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| D | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 89 MW | 65 MW | 2004 | 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
| Fort St Vrain | Natural gas | 1,149 MW |
| Cherokee | Natural gas | 1,006 MW |
| Rocky Mountain Energy Center | Natural gas | 685 MW |
| Rush Creek Wind | Wind | 600 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 800 MW solar plant and a 800 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