S W Bailey
Other power plant · Ketchikan Gateway County, Alaska
Nameplate capacity
26 MW
Rank in Alaska
#24
of 150 plants
In service since
1969
January 1969
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- Ketchikan Public Utilities
- County
- Ketchikan Gateway County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.83%
- Rank among other plants in Alaska
- #6 of 92
- EIA plant code
- 85
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 11 MW | 11 MW | 1998 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 6.4 MW | 5.5 MW | 1976 | Operating |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 4.5 MW | 3.5 MW | 1969 | Operating |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 4.5 MW | 3.5 MW | 1970 | 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
| Terror Lake Microgrid | Hydro | 34 MW |
| Chena Power Plant | Coal | 28 MW |
| TNSG North Plant | Natural gas | 26 MW |
| Jarvis Street | Other | 26 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 26 MW solar plant and a 26 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