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PALO VERDE 1

Location: Wintersburg, Arizona, United States
Utility: Arizona Public Service Company
Reactor Supplier: Combustion Engineering
Steam Generators: General Electric
Architecture: Bechtel
Construction: Bechtel
Capacity: 1249 net MWe
Reactor Type: Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)
Operable. Initial criticality: 05/1985
Commercial start: 01/1986.
License Expiration date: 12/31/2024
Electricity Produced in 1997: 10.7 billion kWh
1997 Average Capacity Factor: 98.6%

PALO VERDE 2

Location: Wintersburg, Arizona, United States
Utility: Arizona Public Service Company
Reactor Supplier: Combustion Engineering
Steam Generators: General Electric
Architecture: Bechtel
Construction: Bechtel
Capacity: 1249 net MWe
Reactor Type: Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)
Operable. Initial criticality: 04/1986
Commercial start: 09/1986.
License Expiration date: 12/09/2025
Electricity Produced in 1997: 9.3 billion kwh
1997 Average Capacity Factor: 85.6%

PALO VERDE 3

Location: Wintersburg, Arizona, United States
Utility: Arizona Public Service Company
Reactor Supplier: Combustion Engineering
Steam Generators: General Electric
Architecture: Bechtel
Construction: Bechtel
Capacity: 1249 net MWe
Reactor Type: Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)
Operable. Initial criticality: 10/1987
Commercial start: 01/1988.
License Expiration date: 03/25/2027
Electricity Produced in 1997: 9.3 billion kWh
1997 Average Capacity Factor: 86.5%

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station is a triple-unit nuclear power facility located near Wintersburg, Arizona, approximately 45 miles west of Phoenix. As the largest nuclear energy facility in the nation, Palo Verde generates electricity to serve approximately 4 million people. Also, in 1996, Palo Verde 1 was one of the top ten performing nuclear units worldwide. and Palo Verde 2 & 3 were two of the top twenty electric generating nuclear units worldwide.