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Fruita
Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, combustion turbineran 1% of 2025 Retiring- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1973
- Net generation, 2025
- 1,781 MWh
- Grid
- 69 kV to Public Service Co of Colorado (PSCO)
- Location
- Mesa County, Colorado
- Operated by
- Public Service Co of ColoradoSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
- Gas
- Oil
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- Technology
- Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
- Age
- 53 years since 1973
- Heat rate
- 20,276 Btu/kWh 2025
All 5 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 36,112 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.008 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 20,276.2 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 1,781 |
| Balancing authority code | PSCO |
Retirement
EIA-860M September 2026StatusAt least half of the plant's in-service nameplate capacity is scheduled to retire, on dates its owner has reported to EIA. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.- Next scheduled retirement
- December 2028
- Capacity scheduled to retire
- 26.6 MW
- Generators scheduled to retire
- 1
- Share of in-service capacity scheduled
- 100%
- Capacity still in service
- 26.6 MW
| Generator | Technology | Nameplate | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 26.6 MW | Scheduled to retire | December 2028 |
Grid
EIA-860 2025Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 for 2025 (Schedule 2).- Grid voltage at the plant
- 69 kV
- Transmission or distribution system owner
- Public Service Co of Colorado
- Balancing authority
- Public Service Company of Colorado
- NERC region
- WECC
Can the connection be reused?
A plant that retires usually leaves its substation, transmission connection and interconnection agreement behind, and those may be reusable by a new project at the same site. FERC Order No. 845 lets an interconnection customer use surplus interconnection service at an existing site, and some transmission providers' tariffs let a replacement resource take over a retiring unit's interconnection service, usually within a set time after the retirement. Whether any such right still exists here, who holds it and on what terms depends on the owner, the transmission provider and timing; this page does not establish any of that.
Timeline
- Stated Unit 1 scheduled to retire, 26.6 MW · EIA-860M
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
3 sourcesSources EIA-860M · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Sources
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EIA Open Data bulk file — Electricity (ELEC.zip; monthly plant net generation and fuel consumption since 2001)Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Around this plant
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|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Valley Solar Generation and BESS Filed | Solar + storage | 8.0 km | 200 |