Craig Units 1 & 2
Platte River Power Authority is a not-for-profit wholesale electricity generation and transmission provider that delivers
safe, reliable, environmentally responsible and competitively priced energy and services to its owner communities of Estes
Park, Fort Collins, Longmont and Loveland, Colorado for delivery to their utility customers.
Commercial Operations:
Unit Name:
Net Capacity:
Fuel Type:
Operations:
1980 Unit 1 | 1979 Unit 2
Craig Units 1and 2
154 megawatts
Trapper Mine and Colowyo Mine coal
Platte River’s Mission is to provide
safe, reliable, environmentally
responsible, and competitively
priced energy and services.
Baseload
Operations
 Provides 22% of delivered energy
on an average annual basis.
 Second most reliable baseload
resource averaging 92.5%
equivalent availability on an
annual basis.
 Second most utilized baseload
resource averaging 87%
capacity factor on an annual
basis.
 Second largest resource of
system capacity.
 Reliable future fuel supply
through Trapper and Colowyo
Mines.
Costs
 Platte River’s second lowest
operating cost resource.
 Fuel prices are based on
production costs and not subject
to market price volatility.
 No debt service.
Environmental
 Upgraded technology to reduce
sulfur and particulate emissions.
 Additional NOx, SO2 and
particulate emissions control
upgrades.
 Meet or exceed all applicable
environmental laws and
regulations.