# Alamosa County, Colorado: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Alamosa No data center or power plant project is on record in Alamosa County, but the national build-out still reaches it through its utility bill, its labor market and the projects next door. Alamosa County is home to Alamosa. Unemployment was 5.1% in August 2026, against 3.5% in 2019. Owners plan to retire 53 MW more by 2035, led by Alamosa in 2030. 3 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly solar. Its power plants have 203 MW of capacity, 74% of it solar. 203 MW of operating power plants, mostly solar -2.1% total jobs since 2019, now 8,181 15.05¢ per kWh for Public Service Co of Colorado residential customers, 2024 ## Cities and towns in Alamosa County Alamosa County is home to Alamosa. Alamosa9,849 residents Hooper77 residents Unincorporated communities (governed by the county): Alamosa East. Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Alamosa County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Colorado | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 16,377 | 16,688 | ▲ 1.9% | 30th of 64 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 8,354 | 8,181 | ▼ 2.1% | 56th of 64 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $39,107 | $50,552 | ▲ 29.3% | — | | Electrical contractor jobs (2019 → 2025) | 84 | 67 | ▼ 20.2% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 3.5% | 5.1% | ▲ 1.6pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 3 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | Employers here counted 8,181 jobs in 2025, down 2.1% from 2019. Public Service Co of Colorado is the largest utility serving Alamosa County, one of 2 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 15.05¢/kWh in 2024. 16,688 people live here, up 1.9% since 2020. Electrical contractors employ 67, down 20.2% since 2019 against up 9.0% statewide, at an average $57,462 a year. ## Who powers Alamosa County ### Utilities with service territory in Alamosa County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Public Service Co of Colorado | Investor Owned | Bundled | 1,365,053 | 15.05¢ | 44% | | San Luis Valley R E C, Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 9,115 | 18.38¢ | 26% | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Solar | 150 MW | 74% | | Natural gas | 53 MW | 26% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Alamosa | Public Service Co of Colorado | Natural gas | 53 MW | 1973 | | Hooper Solar | Solar Star Colorado III, LLC | Solar | 52 MW | 2015 | | San Luis Valley Solar Ranch | Avangrid Power LLC | Solar | 35 MW | 2011 | | Alamosa Solar | Solar of Alamosa LLC | Solar | 30 MW | 2012 | | Greater Sandhill I | Greater Sandhill I LLC | Solar | 19 MW | 2010 | | SunE Alamosa | SunE Alamosa1 LLC | Solar | 8 MW | 2007 | ### Scheduled to retire | Plant | Technology | MW | Year | |---|---|---|---| | Alamosa | Natural gas | 53 MW | 2030 | ## The Alamosa County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 8,181 | $50,552 | 1.00 | | Electrical contractors | 67 | $57,462 | 1.14 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Alamosa County No data center, local measure or delayed project is on record in Alamosa County. Colorado has 25 local measures on record statewide. ## Alamosa County and its neighbors Of the 5 counties that border Alamosa County, Huerfano County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Alamosa County | 16,688 | ▼ 2.1% | 203 MW | — | — | — | | Conejos County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/conejos-county) | 7,529 | ▲ 7.9% | 3 MW | — | — | — | | Costilla County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/costilla-county) | 3,679 | ▼ 4.4% | — | — | — | — | | Huerfano County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/huerfano-county) | 7,011 | ▲ 9.5% | 157 MW | — | — | — | | Rio Grande County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/rio-grande-county) | 11,087 | ▲ 6.7% | 2 MW | — | — | — | | Saguache County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/saguache-county) | 6,732 | ▼ 0.5% | 3 MW | — | — | — | ## More of Colorado [All Colorado countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado)[Rio Grande County11,087 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/rio-grande-county)[Conejos County7,529 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/conejos-county)[Huerfano County7,011 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/huerfano-county)[Saguache County6,732 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/saguache-county)[Costilla County3,679 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/costilla-county) ## Alamosa County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Alamosa County, Colorado? 2 utilities have service territory in Alamosa County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Public Service Co of Colorado, San Luis Valley R E C, Inc. The largest, Public Service Co of Colorado, charged residential customers 15.05¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What power plants are in Alamosa County? 10 operating plants with 203 MW of capacity. The largest is Alamosa (53 MW, natural gas). ### Are there data centers in Alamosa County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Alamosa County. ### Is Alamosa County adding jobs? Employers counted 8,181 jobs in 2025 against 8,354 in 2019 (-2.1%, BLS QCEW). ### Does Alamosa County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Alamosa County. Colorado has 25 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/colorado/alamosa-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).