The NoCo Herald

Larimer and Weld counties, Colorado

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Fort St. Vrain Units 7&8

Two natural-gas-fired combustion turbines and associated facilities proposed for the Fort St. Vrain generating facility on a 640-acre site.

Under constructionUse by special review · 1MJUSR25-08-16479379 County Road 34, Platteville

For
Energy
Acres
640
Where it is in Weld County, and close up. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

Where it stands

  1. Aug. 5, 2025Heard by the Weld County Planning Commission
  2. Aug. 20, 2025Heard by the Weld County Board of County Commissioners
  3. Oct. 2Under construction when the Herald began following itUnder Construction

What it says

A Major Amendment to Use By Special Review USR-1647 for a 1041 Major Facility of a Public Utility (Fort Saint Vrain Generating Facility and natural gas pipelines) to add two (2) natural gas fired combustion turbines (CT) and associated facilities in the I-3 (Heavy Industrial) and A (Agricultural) Zone Districts

In Weld County's words and the applicant's, as filed.

The site

Type of use
1041

What the agencies said27

The county sends a case to the agencies it touches. Each one's response, as the county records it:

AgencyResponseDate
Development ReviewComments with ConditionsMay 27, 2025
Emergency Management OfficeNo ConcernsMay 6, 2025
Flood PlainComments with ConditionsMay 12, 2025
Health DepartmentComments with ConditionsMay 12, 2025
OGEDNo ConcernsApril 30, 2025
Sheriffs OfficeNo ConcernsApril 28, 2025
Division of Water ResourcesNo ConcernsMay 28, 2025
Division of Wildlife - NorthAdvisory CommentsApril 30, 2025
CDPHEComments with ConditionsMay 13, 2025
Colorado Historical SocietyNo Response
Colorado Public Utilities CommissionNo Response
WAPANo Response
US Fish and Wildlife ServiceNo Response
FirestoneNo ConcernsMay 13, 2025
JohnstownNo Response
MeadNo Response
MillikenNo Response
PlattevilleNo ConcernsMay 20, 2025
Platteville F-13No Response
School District RE-1No Concerns
Central Weld County Water DistrictComments with ConditionsMay 22, 2025
Beeman Irrigating Ditch & Milling CompanyNo Response
15883 CR 21 Platteville CO 80651—
UNION PACIFIC RAILROADNo Response
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPNo Response
DCP MIDSTREAMNo Response
Platte Valley Conservation DistrictNo Response

The case's record at Weld County. A proposal is a plan filed for review, and it may change or be withdrawn before anything is built.