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Auke Bay

Other power plant · Juneau County, Alaska

Nameplate capacity
36 MW
Rank in Alaska
#20
of 150 plants
In service since
1980
September 1980

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.
County
Juneau County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
1.16%
Rank among other plants in Alaska
#5 of 92
EIA plant code
7250

Generating units

Individual generating units at Auke Bay
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
14Petroleum Liquids31 MW23 MW1994Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
13Petroleum Liquids2.8 MW2.8 MW1993Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
4Petroleum Liquids2.5 MW2.5 MW1980Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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About this data

From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 36 MW solar plant and a 36 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.

“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Alaska power plants · What Alaska actually generates