Cherokee Generating Station

Cherokee Generating Station is a natural gas-fired power plant in Adams County, Colorado, about 5 miles (8.0 kilometers) north of downtown Denver.Cherokee currently has a nameplate capacity of 1006.4 megawatts, and a net summer capacity of 886 megawatts,making it the largest power plant in Adams County, and the second largest natural-gas fired plant in the state behind Fort St. Vrain Generating Station.