Economic Impact


  • Palo Verde provides an annual economic impact of more than $2 billion through taxes, salaries, material and service purchases, and more.
  • Palo Verde is the largest single commercial taxpayer in Arizona.
  • The plant has 2,500 full-time employees. An additional 900 to 1,000 contractors are employed twice yearly during month-long planned refueling and maintenance outages.
  • Palo Verde purchases $130 million in products and services from more than 1,200 Arizona businesses every year.
Palo Verde Generating Station is a proud part of

Buckeye Valley Chamber of Commerce

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