Blooming Prairie
Other power plant · Steele County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
8.6 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#152
of 804 plants
In service since
1974
August 1974
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Blooming Prairie - (MN)
- County
- Steele County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among other plants in Minnesota
- #37 of 71
- EIA plant code
- 1966
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.3 MW | 2.0 MW | 2003 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 1.9 MW | 2009 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 8 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 2023 | Operating |
| 7 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.3 MW | 1.3 MW | 2012 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.2 MW | 1.3 MW | 1974 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
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
| Wells IC | Natural gas | 9.0 MW |
| St. Charles Power Plant | Other | 8.8 MW |
| St. Cloud Hydro | Hydro | 8.6 MW |
| Redwood Falls | Natural gas | 8.5 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 8.6 MW solar plant and a 8.6 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