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- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
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Key facts
Power plant · Gas, combustion turbineran 30% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1977
- Net generation, 2025
- 44,915 MWh
- Grid
- 4 kV to Barrow Utils & Elec Coop, Inc
- Location
- North Slope County, Alaska
- Operated by
- Barrow Utils & Elec Coop, Inc
Output
- Gas
- Oil
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- Technology
- Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
- Age
- 49 years since 1977
- Unused energy
- 107 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
- Heat rate
- 17,852 Btu/kWh 2025
All 5 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP) |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 801,819 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.296 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 17,851.9 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 44,915 |
Retirement
EIA-860M September 2026StatusSome generators have retired; the rest of the plant is still in service. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.- Capacity retired
- 3 MW
- Generators retired
- 2
- Capacity still in service
- 17.3 MW
| Generator | Technology | Nameplate | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.5 MW | Retired | November 2022 |
| 9 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.5 MW | Retired | November 2022 |
Grid
EIA-860 2025Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 for 2025 (Schedule 2).- Grid voltage at the plant
- 4 kV
- Transmission or distribution system owner
- Barrow Utils & Elec Coop, Inc
Can the connection be reused?
A plant that retires usually leaves its substation, transmission connection and interconnection agreement behind, and those may be reusable by a new project at the same site. FERC Order No. 845 lets an interconnection customer use surplus interconnection service at an existing site, and some transmission providers' tariffs let a replacement resource take over a retiring unit's interconnection service, usually within a set time after the retirement. Whether any such right still exists here, who holds it and on what terms depends on the owner, the transmission provider and timing; this page does not establish any of that.
Ownership
3 companies3| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow Utils & Elec Coop, Inc | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| BARROW UTILITIES & ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC | Owner | 100.0% | 31 Dec 2023 | EPA GHGRP |
| North Slope Borough Power & Light (AK) | Owner | 43.4% | 31 Dec 2025 | EIA-860 |
Timeline
- Stated Units 10, 9 scheduled to retire, 3 MW · EIA-860M
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT) · EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules
Sources
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EIA Open Data bulk file — Electricity (ELEC.zip; monthly plant net generation and fuel consumption since 2001)Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
- EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules