Hibbing
Natural gas power plant · St Louis County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
36 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#81
of 804 plants
In service since
1965
April 1965
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Hibbing Public Utilities Comm
- County
- St Louis County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.18%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Minnesota
- #24 of 36
- EIA plant code
- 1979
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 20 MW | 17 MW | 1985 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 10 MW | 12 MW | 1965 | Operating |
| 6 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 6.4 MW | 5.8 MW | 1996 | 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
| St Paul Cogeneration | Other | 37 MW |
| Big Blue | Wind | 36 MW |
| Franklin Heating Station | Other | 34 MW |
| Community Wind North LLC | Wind | 30 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 36 MW solar plant and a 36 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