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Bethel

Other power plant · Bethel County, Alaska

Nameplate capacity
14 MW
Rank in Alaska
#46
of 150 plants
In service since
1976
November 1976

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
Alaska Village Elec Coop, Inc
County
Bethel County
Generating units
7
Share of state capacity
0.44%
Rank among other plants in Alaska
#17 of 92
EIA plant code
6566

Generating units

Individual generating units at Bethel
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
8Petroleum Liquids2.9 MW2.9 MW2025Operating
1Petroleum Liquids2.1 MW2.1 MW1976Operating
2Petroleum Liquids2.1 MW2.1 MW1976Operating
3Petroleum Liquids2.1 MW2.1 MW1976Operating
4Petroleum Liquids2.1 MW2.1 MW1976Operating
7Petroleum Liquids2.1 MW2.1 MW1992Operating
7APetroleum Liquids0.3 MW0.3 MW2024Operating

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 14 MW solar plant and a 14 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