Nameplate capacity
9.9 MW
Rank in Colorado
#115
of 326 plants
In service since
1962
December 1962
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- U S Bureau of Reclamation
- County
- Mesa County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among hydro plants in Colorado
- #13 of 49
- EIA plant code
- 521
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9.9 MW | 9.9 MW | 1962 | 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
| Clear Spring Ranch PV Project | Solar | 10 MW |
| Rocky Ford | Other | 10 MW |
| Wheeler Gulch Solar, LLC | Solar | 9.9 MW |
| DIA 9 | Solar | 9.8 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 9.9 MW solar plant and a 9.9 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