Goat Lake Hydro
Hydro power plant · Skagway Hoonah Angoon County, Alaska
Nameplate capacity
4.0 MW
Rank in Alaska
#79
of 150 plants
In service since
1997
December 1997
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Alaska Power and Telephone Co
- County
- Skagway Hoonah Angoon County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.13%
- Rank among hydro plants in Alaska
- #21 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 7751
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 4.0 MW | 4.0 MW | 1997 | 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
| Ketchikan | Hydro | 4.2 MW |
| Annex Creek | Hydro | 4.0 MW |
| King Cove | Other | 3.9 MW |
| Purple Lake | Hydro | 3.9 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 4.0 MW solar plant and a 4.0 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