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Gold Creek

Other power plant · Juneau County, Alaska

Nameplate capacity
9.7 MW
Rank in Alaska
#53
of 150 plants
In service since
1951
September 1951

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.
County
Juneau County
Generating units
8
Share of state capacity
0.31%
Rank among other plants in Alaska
#22 of 92
EIA plant code
63

Generating units

Individual generating units at Gold Creek
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
IC4Petroleum Liquids3.5 MW3.5 MW1963Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
IC1Petroleum Liquids1.2 MW1.2 MW1952Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
IC2Petroleum Liquids1.2 MW1.2 MW1954Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
IC3Petroleum Liquids1.1 MW1.1 MW1961Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
IC5Petroleum Liquids1.1 MW1.1 MW1966Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
1Conventional Hydroelectric0.8 MW0.8 MW1951Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric0.4 MW0.4 MW2014Operating
3Conventional Hydroelectric0.4 MW0.4 MW2014Operating

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 9.7 MW solar plant and a 9.7 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