Sugarloaf Hydro Plant
Hydro power plant · Lake County, Colorado
Nameplate capacity
2.5 MW
Rank in Colorado
#213
of 326 plants
In service since
1985
November 1985
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC
- County
- Lake County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among hydro plants in Colorado
- #38 of 49
- EIA plant code
- 50435
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUG1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.5 MW | 2.5 MW | 1985 | 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
| Carter Hydro | Hydro | 2.6 MW |
| Pivot Solar 37 | Solar | 2.5 MW |
| CBEP Solar 3 | Solar | 2.4 MW |
| Drop 5 (CO) | Hydro | 2.4 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 2.5 MW solar plant and a 2.5 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