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Selawik

Other power plant · Northwest Arctic County, Alaska

Nameplate capacity
2.2 MW
Rank in Alaska
#102
of 150 plants
In service since
2013
August 2013

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
Alaska Village Elec Coop, Inc
County
Northwest Arctic County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.07%
Rank among other plants in Alaska
#52 of 92
EIA plant code
6341

Generating units

Individual generating units at Selawik
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
3BPetroleum Liquids0.9 MW0.5 MW2014Operating
1BPetroleum Liquids0.8 MW0.8 MW2020Operating
2BPetroleum Liquids0.5 MW0.5 MW2013Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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GustavusHydro2.2 MW
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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 2.2 MW solar plant and a 2.2 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