Sand Point
Other power plant · Aleutians East County, Alaska
Nameplate capacity
3.7 MW
Rank in Alaska
#84
of 150 plants
In service since
2000
December 2000
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- Sand Point Generating, LLC
- County
- Aleutians East County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.12%
- Rank among other plants in Alaska
- #38 of 92
- EIA plant code
- 1
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.9 MW | 0.4 MW | 2000 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.9 MW | 0.3 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.5 MW | 0.3 MW | 2010 | Operating |
| WT1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 0.5 MW | 0.1 MW | 2011 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| WT2 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 0.5 MW | 0.3 MW | 2011 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 5.1 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.4 MW | 0.3 MW | 2023 | 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
| False Island | Other | 3.8 MW |
| Yakutat | Other | 3.8 MW |
| NSB Atqasuk Utility | Other | 3.2 MW |
| Kake | Other | 3.1 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 3.7 MW solar plant and a 3.7 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