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Orca
Power plant · Oil
Key facts
Power plant · Oilran 6% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1984
- Net generation, 2025
- 4,315 MWh
- Grid
- 13 kV to Cordova Electric Coop, Inc
- Location
- Valdez Cordova County, Alaska
- Operated by
- Cordova Electric Coop, IncSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Output
- Oil
Details
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- Technology
- Oil source: “Petroleum Liquids”
- Age
- 42 years since 1984
- Unused energy
- 72 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
- 10,323 Btu/kWh 2025
All 5 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Eia status |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 44,544 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.057 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 10,323.1 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 4,315 |
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
- 3.5 MW
- Generators retired
- 2
- Capacity still in service
- 8.7 MW
| Generator | Technology | Nameplate | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.1 MW | Retired | June 2023 |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.4 MW | Retired | June 2024 |
Grid
EIA-860 2025Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 for 2025 (Schedule 2).- Grid voltage at the plant
- 13 kV
- Transmission or distribution system owner
- Cordova Electric 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.
Timeline
- Stated Unit 4 scheduled to retire, 2.4 MW · EIA-860M
- Stated Unit 6 scheduled to retire, 1.1 MW · EIA-860M
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
3 sourcesSources EIA-860M · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
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
Around this plant
Nearby
within 25 km| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orca Postponed | Oil | 0.0 km | 3 |