List of power stations in Colorado

November of 2015[1]

  Coal (58%)
  Natural Gas (27%)
  Hydroelectric (2%)
  Other renewables (13%)

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Colorado, sorted by type and name. In 2014, Colorado had a total summer capacity of 14,933 MW through all of its power plants.[2] Colorado's energy mix in 2016 was 58% coal, 27% natural gas, 2% hydroelectric and 13% renewables.[3] The leading source of renewable energy was wind.

In 2004, Colorado became the first state with a voter-approved renewable portfolio standard (RPS). The RPS now requires 30% of electricity sold by investor-owned utilities to come from renewable energy sources by 2020, with 3% from distributed generation.[4]

References

  1. "https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=CO#tabs-4". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-28. External link in |title= (help)
  2. , U.S. Energy Information Administration, March 24, 2016
  3. Colorado Energy Overview, U.S. Energy Information Administration, August, 2016
  4. , U.S. Energy Information Administration, December 17, 2015

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