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Power plant · Oil Operating

Capacity: Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Nov 4, 2026Open licenseMW

Commissioned: 1976
Net generation, 2025: 611,125 MWh
Grid: 138 kV to Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc
Location: Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska
Operated by: Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2026

Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2026

Oil

Operations detail

Details

Who’s behind it

Owner: Golden Valley Electric Assoc Inc

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Technology: Oil source: “Petroleum Liquids”
Age: 50 years since 1976
Unused energy: 974 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: 9,275 Btu/kWh 2025

All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Attributes
Attribute	Value
Grid	Report year 2025 Grid voltage kv 138 Transmission owner Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc Balancing authority name No BA
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)	EPA FRS ID 110071161589 Subparts reported C NAICS code 221112 Subpart PP (CO2 supply) No Subpart RR (geologic sequestration) No Subpart UU (CO2 injection) No Reporting year 2023 GHGRP facility ID 1001810
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025	5,668,127
Capacity factor, 2025	0.385
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025	9,274.9
Net generation (MWh), 2025	611,125

Ownership

2 companies

Companies with an ownership or operating interest in this asset.
Company	Role	Share	As of	Source
Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc	Operator			EIA-860M
GOLDEN VALLEY ELECTRIC ASSOC INC	Owner	100.0%	Dec 31, 2023	EPA GHGRP

Timeline

1976 In service · EIA-860M

Sources

4 sources

Sources 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)

Sources

EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
EIAOpen license · retrieved Nov 1, 2026Source: 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)

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Sources EIA-860M

Sources

EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026