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Natural gas power plant · Isanti County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
194 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#31
of 804 plants
In service since
1978
May 1978
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Great River Energy
- County
- Isanti County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.98%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Minnesota
- #12 of 36
- EIA plant code
- 2038
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 169 MW | 153 MW | 2007 | Operating |
| GT1 | Petroleum Liquids | 25 MW | 21 MW | 1978 | 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
| Prairie Rose Wind Farm | Wind | 200 MW |
| Red Pine Wind Project | Wind | 200 MW |
| Elk River | Natural gas | 191 MW |
| MinnDakota Wind LLC | Wind | 150 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 194 MW solar plant and a 194 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