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Palo Verde
Power plant · Nuclear
Key facts
Power plant · Nuclearran 85% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1986
- Net generation, 2025
- 31,321,808 MWh
- Grid
- 500 kV to Salt River Project (SRP)
- Location
- Maricopa County, Arizona
- Operated by
- Arizona Public Service Co
Output
- Nuclear
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- Technology
- Nuclear source: “Nuclear”
- Age
- 40 years since 1986
- Heat rate
- 10,443 Btu/kWh 2025
All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Gem |
|
| Grid |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 327,105,752 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.849 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 10,443.4 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 31,321,808 |
| Balancing authority code | SRP |
Ownership
7 companies8| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Public Service Co | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| Arizona Public Service Co | Owner | 29.1% | 31 Dec 2025 | EIA-860 |
| El Paso Electric Co | Owner | 15.8% | 31 Dec 2025 | EIA-860 |
| Los Angeles Department of Water & Power | Owner | 5.7% | 31 Dec 2025 | EIA-860 |
| Public Service Co of NM | Owner | 10.2% | 31 Dec 2025 | EIA-860 |
| Southern California Edison Co | Owner | 15.8% | 31 Dec 2025 | EIA-860 |
| Salt River Project | Owner | 17.5% | 31 Dec 2025 | EIA-860 |
| Southern California P P A | Owner | 5.9% | 31 Dec 2025 | EIA-860 |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · GEM · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · 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
- Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- 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
- EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules
Around this plant
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|---|---|---|---|
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