- Combustion
- Operating
- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
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Beluga
Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine Standby- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1968
- Net generation, 2025
- -3,402 MWh
- Grid
- 138 kV to Chugach Electric Assn Inc
- Location
- Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska
- Operated by
- Chugach Electric Assn Inc
Output
- Gas
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- Technology
- Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
- Age
- 58 years since 1968
All 4 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP) |
|
| Eia status |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 207,222 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | -3,402 |
Data notes (2)
- Capacity factor, 2025 not shown: net generation -3402.0 MWh is not positive (the plant consumed at least as much as it produced over the year)
- Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 not shown: fuel burned but net generation is not positive
Retirement
- Capacity retired
- 62 MW
- Generators retired
- 1
- Capacity still in service
- 312.4 MW
| Generator | Technology | Nameplate | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 62 MW | Retired | April 2015 |
Grid
EIA-860 2025Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 for 2025 (Schedule 2).- Grid voltage at the plant
- 138 kV
- Transmission or distribution system owner
- Chugach Electric Assn Inc
Transmission lines within 25 km (3)
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
2 companies2| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chugach Electric Assn Inc | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| CHUGACH ELECTRIC ASSOC INC | Owner | 100.0% | 31 Dec 2023 | EPA GHGRP |
Timeline
- Stated Unit 8 scheduled to retire, 62 MW · EIA-860M
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · LBNL · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
Sources
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- LBNL — A Harmonized Geospatial Dataset of U.S. Transmission Lines: Linking FERC Form 1 and HIFLD, 1994-2024 (OEDI submission 8742)Yin, Nait Belaid & Heleno (2026), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, OEDI, CC BY 4.0: A Harmonized Geospatial Dataset of U.S. Transmission Lines: Linking FERC Form 1 and HIFLD, 1994-2024. Modified by Inframation: HIFLD-side fields only, names re-cased, coordinates rounded.
- 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)