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EIA plant 68234

Palisade · Mesa · CO

Vinelands Power Plant

Operated by Grand Valley Power LLC

Annual generation15,631 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWATCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextPublic Service Company of ColoradoBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

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39.101686, -108.345744

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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

TechnologyConventional Hydroelectric4.5 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.

11,088
22,234
3878
41,359
51,277
61,077
71,260
81,168
91,168
101,234
11803
122,085

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
11,088
22,234
3878
41,359
51,277
61,077
71,260
81,168
91,168
101,234
11803
122,085

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
11,088 MWh
22,234 MWh
3878 MWh
41,359 MWh
51,277 MWh
61,077 MWh
71,260 MWh
81,168 MWh
91,168 MWh
101,234 MWh
11803 MWh
122,085 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
GEN1Conventional HydroelectricWAT4.5OP

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EIA plant ID
68234
Sector
IPP Non-CHP
Water source
Colorado River
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 2 has the highest recorded value (2,234 MWh) and 11 the lowest (803 MWh). Their difference is 1,431 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
GEN1Conventional Hydroelectric4.53.54.50.6

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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