Nameplate capacity
17 MW
Rank in Alaska
#39
of 150 plants
In service since
1977
February 1977
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Barrow Utils & Elec Coop, Inc
- County
- North Slope County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.56%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Alaska
- #10 of 13
- EIA plant code
- 7173
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 5.0 MW | 5.0 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| 11 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 4.8 MW | 4.8 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| 6 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 2.5 MW | 2.5 MW | 1977 | Operating |
| 7 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 2.5 MW | 2.5 MW | 1980 | Operating |
| 8 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 2.5 MW | 2.5 MW | 1982 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Alaska
| Fire Island Wind | Wind | 18 MW |
| Unisea G 2 | Other | 18 MW |
| Kotzebue Hybrid | Other | 17 MW |
| Naknek | Other | 17 MW |
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 17 MW solar plant and a 17 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