YUCCA

How YUCCA compares

With 425 MW of capacity, YUCCA ranks 26th among the 71 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Arizona and 19th of the 23 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 2.6% of Arizona's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 364th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1959, it is older than 88% of the 69 operating Arizona plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO, runs 17 operating plants in Arizona totaling 8,906 MW. It shares Yuma County with 5 other operating plants, including AGUA CALIENTE SOLAR PROJECT and YUMA COGENERATION ASSOCIATES.

EIA-860 lists 8 generators at the site with 422 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 298 GWh in 2024 (an 8% capacity factor), up 2% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1959 and 2008.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is YUCCA (161 kV), about 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 161 kV line, about 0.1 miles away. Another 3 operating power plants totaling 131 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is YUMA COGENERATION ASSOCIATES (63 MW, Natural Gas).

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