Nameplate capacity
27 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#87
of 804 plants
In service since
1946
October 1946
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- Delano Municipal Utilities
- County
- Wright County
- Generating units
- 9
- Share of state capacity
- 0.14%
- Rank among other plants in Minnesota
- #10 of 71
- EIA plant code
- 1969
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Petroleum Liquids | 13 MW | 11 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 8 | Petroleum Liquids | 3.1 MW | 3.1 MW | 1999 | Operating |
| 7 | Petroleum Liquids | 3.0 MW | 3.0 MW | 1994 | Operating |
| 10 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2022 | Operating |
| 11 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2022 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.3 MW | 1.3 MW | 1973 | Operating |
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.2 MW | 1.2 MW | 1989 | Operating |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.1 MW | 1.1 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 1946 | 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
| Hutchinson Plant #1 | Natural gas | 28 MW |
| Rapids Energy Center | Natural gas | 28 MW |
| Ridgewind | Wind | 25 MW |
| Maple Lake | Other | 25 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 27 MW solar plant and a 27 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