Fond Du Lac
Hydro power plant · St Louis County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
12 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#123
of 804 plants
In service since
2024
January 2024
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- ALLETE, Inc.
- County
- St Louis County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.06%
- Rank among hydro plants in Minnesota
- #6 of 22
- EIA plant code
- 1894
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 12 MW | 13 MW | 2024 | 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
| Detroit Lakes | Other | 13 MW |
| Princeton (MN) | Other | 12 MW |
| St James | Other | 12 MW |
| Madelia | Other | 12 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 12 MW solar plant and a 12 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