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High Bridge

Natural gas power plant · Ramsey County, Minnesota

Nameplate capacity
644 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#6
of 804 plants
In service since
2008
May 2008

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
County
Ramsey County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
3.24%
Rank among natural gas plants in Minnesota
#2 of 36
EIA plant code
1912

Generating units

Individual generating units at High Bridge
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
9Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle250 MW226 MW2008Operating
7Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle197 MW152 MW2008Operating
8Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle197 MW152 MW2008Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 644 MW solar plant and a 644 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