# Rocky Ford unit IC5, CO — planned retirement, EIA data for April 2026

For Rocky Ford unit IC5, CO, planned retirement year is 2029; planned retirement month is 12; net summer capacity (mw) is 2.0; technology is Petroleum Liquids; fuel code is DFO; operator is Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC, verified against its source on 2026-10-16.

- **Plant:** Rocky Ford _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EIA plant ID:** 6516 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Generator ID:** IC5 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Planned retirement year:** 2029 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Planned retirement month:** 12 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Operator:** Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EIA entity ID:** 56146 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Producer type:** Electric Utility _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **State:** CO _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Net summer capacity (MW):** 2.0 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Technology:** Petroleum Liquids _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Fuel code:** DFO _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Prime mover:** IC _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EPM edition:** April 2026 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> 2029 12 56146 Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC Electric Utility Rocky Ford CO 6516 IC5 2.0 Petroleum Liquids DFO IC

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### EPM edition

> Table 1.1. Net Generation by Energy Source: Total (All Sectors), 2016-April 2026

## Source

- https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/archive/june2026.pdf

Last verified: 2026-10-16. Review by: 2026-11-25.
Part of [Planned US generating-unit retirements, as EIA published them in one named month's Electric Power Monthly](https://referencesource.org/power-plant-retirement-schedule/).