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Lake Dorothy Hydroelectric Project

Hydro power plant · Juneau County, Alaska

Nameplate capacity
14 MW
Rank in Alaska
#45
of 150 plants
In service since
2009
September 2009

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.
County
Juneau County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.46%
Rank among hydro plants in Alaska
#10 of 30
EIA plant code
57085

Generating units

Individual generating units at Lake Dorothy Hydroelectric Project
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric14 MW14 MW2009Operating

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 14 MW solar plant and a 14 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