Overview
- APS announced the Desert Sun Power Plant west of Gila Bend, sized at about 2,000 MW—roughly a quarter of its recent peak and enough for about 300,000 homes.
- Phase 1 is slated to begin serving customers by late 2030, with costs allocated across all APS ratepayers.
- Phase 2 has no set in‑service date and would be paid by extra‑large energy users under a subscription model with long‑term contracts.
- APS expects to supply the plant via a planned Transwestern pipeline from Texas that Phillips 66 and Kinder Morgan plan to develop.
- Construction is scheduled to start in 2028, with APS planning public open houses and projecting hundreds of construction jobs in the Gila River area.