Big Thompson
Loveland, Colorado
- Capacity
- 4.5 MW
- Status
- Operating
- Fuel
- Hydroelectric
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- U S Bureau of Reclamation
- City
- Loveland
- County
- Larimer County
- State
- Colorado
- Operational date
- April 1959
- Balancing authority
- WACM
Big Thompson is a 4.5 MW hydroelectric power plant in Loveland, Colorado. Operated by U S Bureau of Reclamation, it has been operating since 1959. The facility is located in Larimer County, within the WACM balancing authority.
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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA-860M)