Cascade Creek
Natural gas power plant · Olmsted County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
85 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#53
of 804 plants
In service since
1975
June 1975
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Rochester Public Utilities
- County
- Olmsted County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.43%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Minnesota
- #17 of 36
- EIA plant code
- 6058
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 50 MW | 50 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 35 MW | 28 MW | 1975 | 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
| Sappi Cloquet Mill | Other | 95 MW |
| Hutchinson Plant #2 | Natural gas | 91 MW |
| New Ulm | Other | 79 MW |
| Black Oak Wind Farm | Wind | 78 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 85 MW solar plant and a 85 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