Blue Lake Hydro
Hydro power plant · Sitka County, Alaska
Nameplate capacity
16 MW
Rank in Alaska
#42
of 150 plants
In service since
2014
October 2014
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- City & Borough of Sitka - (AK)
- County
- Sitka County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.51%
- Rank among hydro plants in Alaska
- #9 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 93
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 5.3 MW | 5.3 MW | 2014 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 5.3 MW | 5.3 MW | 2014 | Operating |
| 5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 5.3 MW | 5.3 MW | 2014 | 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
| Kotzebue Hybrid | Other | 17 MW |
| Naknek | Other | 17 MW |
| Seward (AK) | Other | 16 MW |
| Petersburg | Other | 15 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 16 MW solar plant and a 16 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