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Snake River

Other power plant · Nome County, Alaska

Nameplate capacity
18 MW
Rank in Alaska
#35
of 150 plants
In service since
1991
April 1991

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
Nome Joint Utility Systems
County
Nome County
Generating units
7
Share of state capacity
0.59%
Rank among other plants in Alaska
#10 of 92
EIA plant code
90

Generating units

Individual generating units at Snake River
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
15Petroleum Liquids5.2 MW5.2 MW2007Operating
16Petroleum Liquids5.2 MW5.2 MW2007Operating
12Petroleum Liquids3.8 MW3.7 MW1991Operating
14Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW1.9 MW1999Operating
EWT 1Onshore Wind Turbine0.9 MW0.9 MW2013Operating
EWT 2Onshore Wind Turbine0.9 MW0.9 MW2013Operating
18Petroleum Liquids0.4 MW0.4 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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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 18 MW solar plant and a 18 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