Nameplate capacity
283 MW
Rank in Colorado
#23
of 326 plants
In service since
1980
April 1980
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- City of Colorado Springs - (CO)
- County
- El Paso County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 1.23%
- Rank among coal plants in Colorado
- #5 of 5
- EIA plant code
- 8219
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 207 MW | 195 MW | 1980 | Operating |
| GT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 38 MW | 30 MW | 1999 | Operating |
| GT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 38 MW | 30 MW | 1999 | 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
| Cabin Creek | Hydro | 300 MW |
| Manchief Electric Generating Station | Natural gas | 300 MW |
| Brush Generation Facility | Natural gas | 273 MW |
| Cedar Point Wind | Wind | 252 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 283 MW solar plant and a 283 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