Benson City of
Other power plant · Swift County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
9.0 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#148
of 804 plants
In service since
2002
May 2002
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Benson - (MN)
- County
- Swift County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among other plants in Minnesota
- #34 of 71
- EIA plant code
- 1964
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 11 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 7 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 8 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 9 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 2002 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Minnesota
| Alexandria | Other | 9.2 MW |
| Woodstock Windfarm | Wind | 9.2 MW |
| Springfield (MN) | Other | 9.0 MW |
| Wells IC | Natural gas | 9.0 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 9.0 MW solar plant and a 9.0 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Minnesota power plants · What Minnesota actually generates