AGUA FRIA

How AGUA FRIA compares

With 663 MW of capacity, AGUA FRIA ranks 18th among the 71 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Arizona and 13th of the 23 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 4.1% of Arizona's operating Natural Gas capacity and 2.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 220th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1957, it is older than 89% of the 69 operating Arizona plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, SALT RIVER PROJECT, runs 11 operating plants in Arizona totaling 5,203 MW. It shares Maricopa County with 28 other operating plants, including PALO VERDE and SANTAN.

EIA-860 lists 10 generators at the site with 738 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas steam turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 663 MW). Net generation was 235 GWh in 2024 (a 3.6% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1957 and 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is AGUA FRIA (230 kV), about 0.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, about 0.2 miles away. Another 5 operating power plants totaling 2,465 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is WEST PHOENIX (1,026 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 6 mapped data centers; the nearest is Digital Realty PHX10 (120 E Van Buren) in Phoenix, about 10.9 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology