Granite Falls
Hydro power plant · Chippewa County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
1.3 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#432
of 804 plants
In service since
1932
August 1932
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- City of Granite Falls - (MN)
- County
- Chippewa County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among hydro plants in Minnesota
- #20 of 22
- EIA plant code
- 1977
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HC3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.8 MW | 0.7 MW | 1986 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.3 MW | 0.2 MW | 1940 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.2 MW | 0.2 MW | 1932 | 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
| Blue Breezes LLC | Wind | 1.3 MW |
| G Flow Wind LLC | Wind | 1.3 MW |
| Green Acres Breeze LLC | Wind | 1.3 MW |
| Minnesota Breeze LLC | Wind | 1.3 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 1.3 MW solar plant and a 1.3 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