Salmon Creek 1
Hydro power plant · Juneau County, Alaska
Nameplate capacity
8.5 MW
Rank in Alaska
#59
of 150 plants
In service since
1984
December 1984
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.
- County
- Juneau County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.27%
- Rank among hydro plants in Alaska
- #12 of 30
- EIA plant code
- 65
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HY7 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 8.5 MW | 5.2 MW | 1984 | 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
| Tesoro Kenai Cogeneration Plant | Natural gas | 8.6 MW |
| Valdez | Other | 8.6 MW |
| Swampy Acres Microgrid | Other | 8.4 MW |
| Haines | Other | 8.3 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 8.5 MW solar plant and a 8.5 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