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Hydroelectric Pumped Storage Power Plants in Colorado

Name: Hydroelectric Pumped Storage power plants in Colorado
Creator: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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U.S. Energy Information Administration (Forms EIA-860/860M).

Power plants

Total nameplate capacity

500 MW

Generating units

National rank (hydroelectric pumped storage capacity)

#11

Every hydroelectric pumped storage plant in Colorado

Plant	Operator	Units	Capacity
Cabin Creek	Public Service Co of Colorado	2	300 MW
Mount Elbert	U S Bureau of Reclamation	2	200 MW

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Forms EIA-860 and EIA-860M. Nameplate capacity is the maximum rated output of the plant's generators.