AZ · US STATE

Arizona
power plants.

Arizona has 137 power plants in our public-data catalog, totalling 29 GW of tracked capacity. Its generating fleet leans on natural gas — 58.1% of tracked capacity, with nuclear second at 14.5%. The largest plant we track is Palo Verde (4,210 MW, online since 1986).

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137 Tracked plants
29 GW Tracked capacity
Natural Gas Leading fuel
9 Fuel types

Arizona electricity mix

Tracked installed capacity by fuel. Each links to its global page.

Natural Gas 58.1% 16.8 GW Nuclear 14.5% 4.2 GW Coal 11.9% 3.4 GW Solar 7.5% 2.2 GW Hydro 6.8% 2 GW Wind 0.8% 0.2 GW Waste-to-Energy 0.1% 0 GW Battery Storage 0.1% 0 GW Oil 0.1% 0 GW

Largest plants in Arizona

01 Palo Verde Nuclear · 1986 4,210 MW 02 Springerville Coal · 1998 1,779 MW 03 Santan Natural Gas · 1995 1,326 MW 04 Harquahala Generating Project Natural Gas · 2004 1,325 MW 05 Glen Canyon Dam Hydro · 1964 1,312 MW 06 West Phoenix Natural Gas · 1991 1,207 MW 07 Red Hawk Natural Gas · 2001 1,140 MW 08 Ocotillo Natural Gas · 2013 916 MW 09 Cholla Coal · 1978 840 MW 10 Coronado Coal · 1980 822 MW 11 Coolidge Generation Station Natural Gas · 2011 726 MW 12 Arlington Valley Energy Facility Natural Gas · 2002 713 MW
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Frequently asked questions

Where does Arizona get its electricity?

Across the 137 plants we track in Arizona, capacity is led by natural gas at 58.1%, then nuclear at 14.5%. These are tracked installed-capacity shares from public data, not live generation.

What is the largest power plant in Arizona?

The largest plant in our Arizona catalog is Palo Verde, a nuclear facility with 4,210 MW (commissioned 1986).

How many power plants are in Arizona?

Our catalog tracks 137 power plants in Arizona totalling 29 GW, built from EIA, WRI and OpenStreetMap. The true total including the smallest installations is higher.

Nearby in scale

Louisiana 80 plants Ohio 172 plants

Biggest states

Texas 133 GW California 78.3 GW Florida 65.3 GW Illinois 49 GW Pennsylvania 47.7 GW Georgia 39.2 GW

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