Hutchinson Plant #2
Natural gas power plant · McLeod County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
91 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#52
of 804 plants
In service since
1994
November 1994
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Hutchinson Utilities Comm
- County
- McLeod County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.46%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Minnesota
- #16 of 36
- EIA plant code
- 6358
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 54 MW | 41 MW | 1994 | Operating |
| 9 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 25 MW | 22 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 12 MW | 10 MW | 1994 | 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
| Mower County Wind Energy Center | Wind | 99 MW |
| Sappi Cloquet Mill | Other | 95 MW |
| Cascade Creek | Natural gas | 85 MW |
| New Ulm | Other | 79 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 91 MW solar plant and a 91 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