Nameplate capacity
3.9 MW
Rank in Alaska
#80
of 150 plants
In service since
1986
January 1986
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of King Cove
- County
- Aleutians East County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.13%
- Rank among other plants in Alaska
- #35 of 92
- EIA plant code
- 7493
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.1 MW | 1.1 MW | 2008 | Operating |
| 5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 1995 | Operating |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.6 MW | 0.6 MW | 1986 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.5 MW | 0.5 MW | 2008 | Operating |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.5 MW | 0.5 MW | 2008 | Operating |
| 6 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 2017 | 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
| Annex Creek | Hydro | 4.0 MW |
| Goat Lake Hydro | Hydro | 4.0 MW |
| Purple Lake | Hydro | 3.9 MW |
| False Island | Other | 3.8 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 3.9 MW solar plant and a 3.9 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