High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Xcel Energy Company Fire occurred on October 2, 2007 The incident occurred at Excel Energy's Hydropower Generation plant in Georgetown, Colorado, a small town forty-five miles west of Denver. This accident killed five workers and exposed the history of negligence of the independent contractor responsible. The plant, Georgetown Hydro, is a hydroelectric power generator built in 1906. The power plant runs two generators that when running at top performance can produce a total 1.2 megawatts of electrical power. The plant is powered by water pressure from the water released from the Georgetown Forebay, a body of water that is used to run equipment. The plant can draw additional water stored at the Clear Lake Reservoir.