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EIA plant 6291

Cooper Landing · Kenai Peninsula · AK

Cooper Lake

Operated by Chugach Electric Assn Inc

Annual generation38,101 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWATCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextUnavailableBalancing authority or NERC region

Published location

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60.392331, -149.665603

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyConventional Hydroelectric19.4 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

1110
21,336
3-89
41,699
5220
62,845
78,365
86,038
94,124
104,250
114,433
124,770

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
1110
21,336
3-89
41,699
5220
62,845
78,365
86,038
94,124
104,250
114,433
124,770

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1110 MWh
21,336 MWh
3-89 MWh
41,699 MWh
5220 MWh
62,845 MWh
78,365 MWh
86,038 MWh
94,124 MWh
104,250 MWh
114,433 MWh
124,770 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1Conventional HydroelectricWAT9.7OP
2Conventional HydroelectricWAT9.7OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
6291
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Cooper Lake
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 11 numeric monthly generation entries, 7 has the highest recorded value (8,365 MWh) and 1 the lowest (110 MWh). Their difference is 8,255 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Conventional Hydroelectric9.79.79.76.5
2Conventional Hydroelectric9.79.79.76.5

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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