Colorado Energy Consultation

Current Transmission System

HIFLD high-voltage lines

Current Substations

HIFLD electric substations

Current Power Plants

EIA power plants (>=1MW cohorts)

Current Load Map

Utility service territories (HIFLD)

Large Load Hotspots

≥100 MW light red · ≥500 MW dark — screening tiers (see popups)

Data centers (operating)

One marker per known Colorado facility/cluster; MW shown when publicly disclosed

Data centers (pipeline)

In-development / announced projects with public status and source links

Xcel Transmission Expansion

Colorado's Power Pathway segments

Geothermal Wells

Screening points for geothermal well reuse candidates

Best EGS Spots

Priority Colorado EGS opportunity zones (screening)

Solar resource (GHI)

GSA annual GHI — warm ramp per map tile (relative contrast); not absolute kWh labels

Wind resource (100 m)

GWA v4 at 100 m — clear if < ~3 m/s; green → yellow → red (no blue wash)

Wastewater sources (screening)

Municipal effluent + oil/gas produced-water basins + surface-water cooling context

Brownfields (best available)

EPA ACRES brownfields + Colorado institutional-control remediation sites