South Plant (CO)
Natural gas power plant · El Paso County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
245 MW
Rank in Colorado
#28
of 326 plants
In service since
2023
June 2023
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- City of Colorado Springs - (CO)
- County
- El Paso County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 1.07%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Colorado
- #12 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 492
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 41 MW | 25 MW | 2023 | Operating |
| A2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 41 MW | 25 MW | 2023 | Operating |
| A3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 41 MW | 25 MW | 2023 | Operating |
| A4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 41 MW | 25 MW | 2023 | Operating |
| A5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 41 MW | 25 MW | 2023 | Operating |
| A6 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 41 MW | 25 MW | 2023 | 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
| Golden West Power Partners LLC | Wind | 250 MW |
| Cedar Creek II | Wind | 248 MW |
| Bighorn Solar 1 | Solar | 240 MW |
| Fountain Valley Power Facility | Natural gas | 228 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 245 MW solar plant and a 245 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