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Saguaro

Natural gas power plant · Pinal County, Arizona

Nameplate capacity
185 MW
Rank in Arizona
#57
of 200 plants
In service since
1972
May 1972

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
Arizona Public Service Co
County
Pinal County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.43%
Rank among natural gas plants in Arizona
#23 of 33
EIA plant code
118

Generating units

Individual generating units at Saguaro
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
GE1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine78 MW69 MW2002Operating
GT1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine53 MW50 MW1972Operating
GT2Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine53 MW50 MW1973Operating

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 185 MW solar plant and a 185 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 Arizona power plants · What Arizona actually generates