Nameplate capacity
312 MW
Rank in Alaska
#2
of 150 plants
In service since
1968
January 1968
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Chugach Electric Assn Inc
- County
- Kenai Peninsula County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 10.03%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Alaska
- #2 of 13
- EIA plant code
- 96
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 77 MW | 73 MW | 1976 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 7 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 77 MW | 71 MW | 1978 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 68 MW | 61 MW | 1975 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 59 MW | 58 MW | 1972 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 16 MW | 19 MW | 1968 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 16 MW | 19 MW | 1968 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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
| George M Sullivan Generation Plant 2 | Natural gas | 347 MW |
| Southcentral Power Project | Natural gas | 204 MW |
| North Pole | Other | 181 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 312 MW solar plant and a 312 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