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Pawnee — Power plant · Gas, steam turbine · Public Service Co of ColoradoSouth Platte Solar — Solar · CO · 150 MW · 3.8 km awayPivot Solar 71 LLC — Solar · CO · 1.8 MW · 5.6 km awayFortress 1 — Solar + storage · CO · 398.9 MW · 10.3 km awayPawnee Solar & BESS — Solar + storage · CO · 450 MW · 11.1 km awayRaceway Solar - (CO) — Solar · CO · 7 MW · 13.4 km awaySouth Platte Storage — Storage · CO · 250 MW · 24.8 km away
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Power plant · Gas, steam turbine

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, steam turbineran 24% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1981
Net generation, 2025
1,174,418 MWh
Grid
230 kV to Public Service Co of Colorado (PSCO)
Location
Morgan County, Colorado

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2026
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2026
  • Gas
  • Coal

Operations detail

Details

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Technology
Gas, steam turbine source: “Natural Gas Steam Turbine”
Age
45 years since 1981
Unused energy
3,664 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
Heat rate
11,610 Btu/kWh 2025
All 8 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Attributes
AttributeValue
Gem
Parents
Name
Xcel Energy Inc
Share pct
100
Gem entity id
E100000001329
Unit ids
G100000107900
Location id
L100000103812
Grid
Nerc region
WECC
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
230
Transmission owner
Public Service Co of Colorado
Balancing authority code
PSCO
Balancing authority name
Public Service Company of Colorado
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)
EPA FRS ID
110000600234
Subparts reported
C, D
NAICS code
221112
Subpart PP (CO2 supply)
No
Subpart RR (geologic sequestration)
No
Subpart UU (CO2 injection)
No
Reporting year
2023
GHGRP facility ID
1001048
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 202513,634,900
Capacity factor, 20250.243
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 202511,609.9
Net generation (MWh), 20251,174,418.0
Balancing authority codePSCO

Ownership

2 companies2
Companies with an ownership or operating interest in this asset.
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
Public Service Co of Colorado Operator EIA-860M
Xcel Energy Owner 100.0% 31 Dec 2023 EPA GHGRP

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

5 sources

Sources EIA-860M · GEM · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)

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Around this plant

Nearby

within 25 km
Projects within 25 km, nearest first.
ProjectKindAwayMW
South Platte Solar Under construction Solar 3.8 km 150
Pivot Solar 71 LLC Under construction Solar 5.6 km 1.8
Fortress 1 Filed Solar + storage 10.3 km 398.9
Pawnee Solar & BESS Under construction Solar + storage 11.1 km 450
Raceway Solar - (CO) Filed Solar 13.4 km 7
South Platte Storage Under construction Storage 24.8 km 250

Sources EIA-860M

Sources

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