Chester Lake
Hydro power plant · Prince of Wales Ketchikan County, Alaska
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Metlakatla Power & Light
- County
- Prince of Wales Ketchikan County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among hydro plants in Alaska
- #29 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 7168
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.3 MW | 1.2 MW | 1988 | 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
| Emmonak | Other | 1.4 MW |
| Kotlik | Other | 1.4 MW |
| Kiana | Other | 1.3 MW |
| New Stuyahok | Other | 1.3 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 1.3 MW solar plant and a 1.3 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