Redlands Water & Power
Hydro power plant · Mesa County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
1.4 MW
Rank in Colorado
#302
of 326 plants
In service since
1931
August 1931
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Redlands Water & Power Company
- County
- Mesa County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among hydro plants in Colorado
- #43 of 49
- EIA plant code
- 50267
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RED1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.4 MW | 1.4 MW | 1931 | Operating |
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 1.4 MW solar plant and a 1.4 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