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Western Sugar Coop- Ft Morgan
Power plant · Gas, steam turbine
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, steam turbineran 17% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1947
- Net generation, 2025
- 4,396 MWh
- Grid
- 12 kV to City of Fort Morgan (PSCO)
- Location
- Morgan County, Colorado
- Operated by
- The Western Sugar CooperativeSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
- Gas
- Coal
Details
Who’s behind it
- Owner
- The Western Sugar CooperativeSource100.0%, EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT), as of Dec 31, 2023
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- Technology
- Gas, steam turbine source: “Natural Gas Steam Turbine”
- Age
- 79 years since 1947
- Unused energy
- 22 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.
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Grid |
|
| EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP) |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 1,329,519 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.167 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 4,396 |
| Balancing authority code | PSCO |
Data notes (1)
- Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 not shown: computed 302438.4 outside 5000-30000 Btu/kWh
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
4 sourcesSources EIA-860M · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
Sources
- EIA-860M
- EIASource: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
Around this plant
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|---|---|---|---|
| Raceway Solar - (CO) Filed | Solar | 1.2 mi | 7 |
| South Platte Solar Under construction | Solar | 7.0 mi | 150 |
| Pivot Solar 71 LLC Under construction | Solar | 8.2 mi | 1.8 |
| Pawnee Solar & BESS Under construction | Solar + storage | 10.3 mi | 450 |
| Fortress 1 Filed | Solar + storage | 12.5 mi | 398.9 |
Sources EIA-860M