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Shungnak

Other power plant · Northwest Arctic County, Alaska

Nameplate capacity
1.2 MW
Rank in Alaska
#134
of 150 plants
In service since
1984
November 1984

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
Alaska Village Elec Coop, Inc
County
Northwest Arctic County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
0.04%
Rank among other plants in Alaska
#77 of 92
EIA plant code
57063

Generating units

Individual generating units at Shungnak
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
UNIT4Petroleum Liquids0.4 MW0.4 MW1991Operating
UNIT2Petroleum Liquids0.3 MW0.3 MW1984Operating
UNIT3Petroleum Liquids0.3 MW0.3 MW1998Operating
UNIT1Petroleum Liquids0.2 MW0.2 MW1991Operating

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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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 1.2 MW solar plant and a 1.2 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