Owner profile

Public Service Co of Colorado

Part of Xcel Energy

Public Service Co of Colorado owns or operates 28 generating facilities commissioned between 1905 and 2020, with a combined nameplate capacity of 9.01 GW. The largest share of capacity is natural gas (45%), located in Colorado.

Ownership reflects the utility or operator reported to EIA (Form EIA-860); equity ownership of individual facilities may differ.

28
Plants
9.01 GW
Total capacity
1
States
1.25 GW
Largest: Comanche (CO)

Capacity mix

Natural Gas 44.8%Coal 28.7%Wind 19.2%Solar 3.7%Hydroelectric 3.6%

Operating plants

PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Comanche (CO)CoalColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado1.25 GW
Fort St VrainNatural GasColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado1.15 GW
CherokeeNatural GasColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado1.01 GW
Rocky Mountain Energy CenterNatural GasColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado685.1 MW
Rush Creek WindWindColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado600 MW
PawneeCoalColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado552.3 MW
Cheyenne Ridge Wind FarmWindColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado498.4 MW
HaydenCoalColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado465.4 MW
Blue Spruce Energy CenterNatural GasColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado397.8 MW
Cabin CreekHydroelectricColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado300 MW
Manchief Electric Generating StationNatural GasColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado300 MW
Valmont Combustion Turbine ProjectNatural GasColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado142.2 MW
Fort LuptonNatural GasColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado100.8 MW
ValmontNatural GasColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado59.3 MW
AlamosaNatural GasColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado53.2 MW
FruitaNatural GasColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado26.6 MW
Shoshone (CO)HydroelectricColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado14.4 MW
TacomaHydroelectricColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado4.6 MW
Ames HydroHydroelectricColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado3.6 MW
Panasonic Carport Solar HybridSolarColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado1.3 MW
Georgetown HydroHydroelectricColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado1.2 MW
SalidaHydroelectricColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado0.6 MW
Retired plants (4)
PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Arapahoeretired 2013CoalColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado240.5 MW
Zuniretired 2015Natural GasColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado115.2 MW
Cameoretired 2010CoalColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado75 MW
Ponnequinretired 2015WindColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado26.5 MW
Under construction (2)
PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Singing Grass Windconstr.WindColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado603 MW
Arroyo Solarconstr.SolarColoradoPublic Service Co of Colorado335 MW