About Platte River Power Authority
Platte River Power Authority is a not-for-profit, community-owned public power utility that generates and delivers safe, reliable, environmentally responsible and financially sustainable energy and services to Estes Park, Fort Collins, Longmont and Loveland, Colorado, for delivery to their utility customers. Platte River's generation portfolio includes coal, wind, hydro, solar and gas resources.
Learn morePlanning for our future
Platte River Power Authority is working toward a noncarbon energy future. Significant steps have been taken with more in the planning stages.
Our energy future
Current energy production
Platte River Power Authority uses coal, wind, hydro, solar and natural gas to meet the needs of its owner communities and, when available, sold to neighboring utilities in need. Learn more.
As Platte River and other SPP RTO expansion members are in the early phases of market participation, the
generation serving our owner communities and the broader region may look different than in the past.
The energy mix will change as the market evolves.
For details on the generation serving the RTO expansion footprint, visit spp.org.
