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electricity-generating Electricity generation is the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy. For utilities in the electric power industry, it is the stage prior to its delivery (transmission, distribution, etc.) to end users or its storag ...

power station A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid. Many ...

s in the U.S. state of

Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

, sorted by type and name. In 2021, Arizona had a net summer capacity of 27,596 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 109,305 GWh. The corresponding electrical energy generation mix in 2022 was 41.6% natural gas, 29.4% nuclear, 12.4% coal, 5.1% hydroelectric, 9.9% solar, 1.5% wind, and 0.2% biomass. Small-scale solar, including customer-owned photovoltaic panels, delivered an additional net 3,638 GWh to the state's electrical grid. This compares as about one-half the amount generated by Arizona's utility-scale solar plants. Arizona's

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station The Palo Verde Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located near Tonopah, Arizona, in western Arizona. It is located about due west of downtown Phoenix, Arizona, and it is located near the Gila River, which is dry save for the rainy seas ...

located to the west of Phoenix is the nation's largest facility by annual energy production, and is the second largest facility by power capacity after Washington state's

Grand Coulee Dam Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water. Constructed between 1933 and 1942, Grand Coulee originally had two powerho ...

hydroelectric station. The electricity generated by utility- and small-scale solar together surpassed the amount from all of Arizona's hydroelectric facilities for the first time in 2017.

Nuclear power stations

Fossil-fuel power stations

Data from the

U.S. Energy Information Administration The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and publ ...

serves as a general reference.

Coal

Natural gas

Petroleum

Renewable power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.

Biomass & Refuse

Hydroelectric dams

Generating capacity at Hoover Dam is equally split between Arizona and Nevada. Its total capacity was derated to 1,596 MW in June 2014 due to persistently low water storage levels and projected further declines.

Solar thermal plants

Solar photovoltaic plants

Wind farms

Storage power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.

Battery storage

Pumped storage

Utility companies

*Arizona Electric Power Cooperative * Arizona Public Service *

Salt River Project The Salt River Project (SRP) is the umbrella name for two separate entities: the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, an agency of the state of Arizona that serves as an electrical utility for the Phoenix metropolitan a ...

Tucson Electric Power Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is an electric utility company serving southern Arizona in the United States. It is a subsidiary of Fortis, which announced its acquisition of parent company UNS Energy in 2013. Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, a ba ...

UniSource Energy Services UniSource Energy Services is an electric and natural gas utility company serving Arizona in the United States. It is a subsidiary of Fortis. W. B. Foshay Co., a predecessor of Citizens Communications, acquired Southern Arizona Power of Nogales ...

References

External links

U.S. Department of Energy Arizona StatisticsU.S. Department of Energy Arizona Quick FactsSRP Power System
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