Chena Power Plant
Coal power plant · Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska
Nameplate capacity
28 MW
Rank in Alaska
#23
of 150 plants
In service since
1952
June 1952
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Aurora Energy LLC
- County
- Fairbanks North Star County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.88%
- Rank among coal plants in Alaska
- #4 of 5
- EIA plant code
- 79
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Conventional Steam Coal | 20 MW | 19 MW | 1975 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 5.0 MW | 4.7 MW | 1952 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 2.5 MW | 2.0 MW | 1952 | 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
| Eielson AFB Central Heat & Power Plant | Coal | 36 MW |
| Terror Lake Microgrid | Hydro | 34 MW |
| S W Bailey | Other | 26 MW |
| TNSG North Plant | Natural gas | 26 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 28 MW solar plant and a 28 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