Northway
Other power plant · Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska
Nameplate capacity
1.2 MW
Rank in Alaska
#133
of 150 plants
In service since
1997
December 1997
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- Alaska Power and Telephone Co
- County
- Southeast Fairbanks County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among other plants in Alaska
- #76 of 92
- EIA plant code
- 7169
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1A | Petroleum Liquids | 0.5 MW | 0.4 MW | 1997 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 3A | Petroleum Liquids | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 2012 | Operating |
| 2B | Petroleum Liquids | 0.3 MW | 0.3 MW | 2006 | 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
| Scammon Bay | Other | 1.3 MW |
| Humpback Creek | Hydro | 1.2 MW |
| Shungnak | Other | 1.2 MW |
| Slana Generating Station | Other | 1.2 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 1.2 MW solar plant and a 1.2 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