SPRINGERVILLE

How SPRINGERVILLE compares

With 1,614 MW of capacity, SPRINGERVILLE ranks 2nd among the 71 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Arizona and is the largest of the 4 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 47% of Arizona's operating Coal capacity and 5.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 64th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1985, it is older than 71% 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 Apache County with one other operating plant, CORONADO.

EIA-860 lists 7 generators at the site with 1,779 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly conventional steam coal technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 1,614 MW). Net generation was 5,632 GWh in 2024 (a 36% capacity factor), down 21% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1985 and 2014.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is SPRINGERVILLE (345 kV), about 0.5 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line owned by NAVOPACHE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, about 0.5 miles away. One other operating power plant sits within 25 miles: CORONADO (822 MW, Coal).

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