Soldotna
Natural gas power plant · Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska
Nameplate capacity
97 MW
Rank in Alaska
#7
of 150 plants
In service since
2014
April 2014
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Homer Electric Assn Inc
- County
- Kenai Peninsula County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 3.10%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Alaska
- #5 of 13
- EIA plant code
- 57206
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 50 MW | 44 MW | 2014 | Operating |
| 3 | Batteries | 47 MW | 47 MW | 2022 | 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
| Eklutna Generation Station | Natural gas | 171 MW |
| Bradley Lake | Hydro | 126 MW |
| Healy | Coal | 93 MW |
| Nikiski Combined Cycle | Natural gas | 81 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 97 MW solar plant and a 97 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