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EIA plant 55650

Arvada · Jefferson · CO

Plains End

Operated by Plains End Operating Services LLC

Annual generation6,139 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesNGCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextPublic Service Company of ColoradoBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

Where is Plains End?

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39.857499, -105.225967

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyNatural Gas Internal Combustion Engine114 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

1609.54
2504.56
3580.48
4444.1
5459.51
6535.29
7731.18
8670.1
9425.94
10347.87
11496.73
12333.69

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
1609.54
2504.56
3580.48
4444.1
5459.51
6535.29
7731.18
8670.1
9425.94
10347.87
11496.73
12333.69

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1610 MWh
2505 MWh
3580 MWh
4444 MWh
5460 MWh
6535 MWh
7731 MWh
8670 MWh
9426 MWh
10348 MWh
11497 MWh
12334 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
GE10Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP
GE11Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP
GE12Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP
GE13Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP
GE14Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP
GE15Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP
GE16Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP
GE17Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP
GE18Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP
GE19Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP
GE20Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP
GEN1Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP
GEN2Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP
GEN3Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP
GEN4Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP
GEN5Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP
GEN6Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP
GEN7Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP
GEN8Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP
GEN9Natural Gas Internal Combustion EngineNG5.7OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
55650
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Water source
City of Arvada CO. Closed loop
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 7 has the highest recorded value (731 MWh) and 12 the lowest (334 MWh). Their difference is 397 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
GE10Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6
GE11Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6
GE12Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6
GE13Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6
GE14Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6
GE15Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6
GE16Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6
GE17Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6
GE18Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6
GE19Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6
GE20Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6
GEN1Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6
GEN2Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6
GEN3Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6
GEN4Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6
GEN5Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6
GEN6Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6
GEN7Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6
GEN8Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6
GEN9Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine5.75.525.523.6

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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