List of power stations in Arizona


This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Arizona, sorted by type and name. In 2023, Arizona had a net summer capacity of 29,885 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 111,838 GWh. The electrical energy generation mix in 2024 was 47.5% natural gas, 27.9% nuclear, 9.3% solar, 8.5% coal, 4.6% hydroelectric, 2.2% wind, and 0.2% biomass. Small-scale solar, including customer-owned photovoltaic panels, delivered an additional net 5,450 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 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 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.

Fossil-fuel power stations

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

Coal

NameCountyCoordinatesCapacity
Year
opened
Year
closed
Refs
Navajo Generating StationCoconino County2,4091974
1975
1976
2019
Cholla Power PlantNavajo County4261962
1978
1980
1981
2025
2015
2025
2020

Renewable power stations

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

Hydroelectric dams

NameCountyCoordinatesCapacity
Year
opened
Refs
Arizona FallsMaricopa County0.752003
C.C. Cragin Dam
Coconino County1965
Childs-Irving HydroYavapai County4.21916closed
Coolidge DamGila County101935closed
Crosscut HydroMaricopa County3.01939
Davis DamMohave County2511951-
Glen Canyon DamCoconino County1,3201964-1966
Headgate RockLa Paz County19.51993-
Hoover DamMohave County2,0801936-1943/
1952
Horse Mesa DamMaricopa County1291927
Mormon Flat DamMaricopa County601926
Parker DamLa Paz County1201938
South Consolidated HydroMaricopa County1.41981
Stewart Mountain DamMaricopa County131930
Theodore Roosevelt DamGila/Maricopa361973

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

NameCountyCoordinatesCapacity
Year
opened
Ref
Solana Generating StationMaricopa County2802013

Solar photovoltaic plants

NameCountyCoordinatesCapacity
Year
opened
Refs
McFarland SolarYuma County5002023/2025
Saint Solar Energy CenterPinal County882023
Mesquite Solar projectMaricopa County4002012/2016
Agua Caliente Solar ProjectYuma County290May 2012/2014
Sonoran Solar EnergyMaricopa County2602012
Agave SolarMaricopa County150September 25, 2023
Maricopa County125April 2013
Saint SolarPinal County100June 2023
Red Horse IIICochise County81July 2016
Kayenta Solar ProjectNavajo County552017/2019
Gray Hawk SolarMohave County55June 2018
Bonnybrooke SolarMohave County50November 2016
AvalonPima County45December 2014/2016
Sandstone SolarPinal County45December 2015
Red RockMaricopa County40February 2017
Foothills Solar Plant HybridYuma County35March 2013
Gila Bend HybridMaricopa County32October 2014
OE_AZ1La Paz County32December 2019
Avra Valley SolarPima County26January 2013
Apache Solar 1Cochise County20October 2017
Copper Crossing Solar RanchPinal County202011
Pinal Central Energy Center HybridPinal County20April 2018
Sulphur SpringsCochise County20December 2016
Chino Solar ValleyYavapai County19December 2012
Paloma Solar HybridMaricopa County18September 2011
Cotton Center Solar HybridMaricopa County17November 2011
Saddle Mountain Solar IMaricopa County15December 2012
Desert Star HybridMaricopa County10September 2015
Box Canyon Solar ProjectPinal County3002025
Eleven Mile Solar CenterPinal County3002024
Storey Solar Energy CenterPinal County122December 2023
Luke SolarMaricopa County15June 2015
Queen Creek Solar FarmMaricopa County19October 2012
Badger 1 SolarMaricopa County15November 2013
Hyder II HybridYuma County32December 2013
Picture Rocks SolarPima County20December 2012
Brittlebush Solar ParkPinal County200July 2024

Wind farms

NameCountyCoordinatesCapacity
Year
opened
Refs
Dry Lake Wind Power ProjectNavajo County127August 2009
Kingman 1Mohave County10September 2011
Perrin Ranch WindCoconino County99January 2012
Red Horse 2Cochise County30August 2015
White Hills WindMohave County3502021
Babbitt Ranch Energy CenterCoconino County161June 2024

Storage power stations

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

Utility companies