NORTH LOOP

How NORTH LOOP compares

With 108 MW of capacity, NORTH LOOP ranks 37th among the 71 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Arizona and 21st of the 23 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.7% of Arizona's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 660th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1972, it is older than 76% of the 69 operating Arizona plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, TUCSON ELECTRIC POWER CO, runs 5 operating plants in Arizona totaling 2,381 MW. It shares Pima County with 5 other operating plants, including H WILSON SUNDT GENERATING STATION and DEMOSS PETRIE.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 108 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 2.5 GWh in 2024 (a 0.3% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1972 and 2001.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is NORTH LOOP (138 kV), under 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 4 operating power plants totaling 922 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is H WILSON SUNDT GENERATING STATION (559 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, Login Tucson in Tucson, about 14.2 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