Yucca

Natural gas power plant · Yuma County, Arizona

Nameplate capacity
422 MW
Rank in Arizona
#35
of 200 plants
In service since
1959
April 1959

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Steam Turbine
Operator
Arizona Public Service Co
County
Yuma County
Generating units
8
Share of state capacity
0.99%
Rank among natural gas plants in Arizona
#22 of 33
EIA plant code
120

Generating units

Individual generating units at Yucca
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
ST1Natural Gas Steam Turbine87 MW75 MW1959Operating
GT3Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine72 MW51 MW1973Operating
GT4Petroleum Liquids72 MW50 MW1974Operating
GT5Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine61 MW44 MW2008Operating
GT6Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine61 MW44 MW2008Operating
GT21Petroleum Liquids25 MW20 MW1978Operating
GT1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine22 MW17 MW1971Operating
GT2Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine22 MW17 MW1971Operating

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 422 MW solar plant and a 422 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