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Other power plant · Clay County, Arkansas
Nameplate capacity
7.2 MW
Rank in Arkansas
#66
of 122 plants
In service since
1952
April 1952
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Piggott - (AR)
- County
- Clay County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among other plants in Arkansas
- #4 of 7
- EIA plant code
- 193
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.2 MW | 2.2 MW | 1976 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 1963 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.3 MW | 1.3 MW | 1959 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 7 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.1 MW | 1.1 MW | 1955 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.6 MW | 0.6 MW | 1952 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
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 Arkansas
| Jonesboro CWL Solar Park | Solar | 10 MW |
| Remmel | Hydro | 9.0 MW |
| General Dynamics | Battery storage | 7.0 MW |
| UA Central Utility Plant | Natural gas | 5.6 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 7.2 MW solar plant and a 7.2 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 Arkansas power plants · What Arkansas actually generates