Nameplate capacity
8.7 MW
Rank in Alaska
#56
of 150 plants
In service since
1984
October 1984
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- Cordova Electric Coop, Inc
- County
- Valdez Cordova County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.28%
- Rank among other plants in Alaska
- #24 of 92
- EIA plant code
- 789
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Petroleum Liquids | 3.6 MW | 3.6 MW | 2009 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.5 MW | 2.5 MW | 1984 | Operating |
| 6A | Petroleum Liquids | 1.5 MW | 1.5 MW | 2023 | Operating |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.1 MW | 1.1 MW | 2000 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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
| Glennallen | Other | 9.2 MW |
| Pillar Mountain Wind Project Microgrid | Wind | 9.0 MW |
| Tesoro Kenai Cogeneration Plant | Natural gas | 8.6 MW |
| Valdez | Other | 8.6 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 8.7 MW solar plant and a 8.7 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