Inver Hills
Natural gas power plant · Dakota County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
284 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#15
of 804 plants
In service since
1972
April 1972
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
- County
- Dakota County
- Generating units
- 8
- Share of state capacity
- 1.43%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Minnesota
- #10 of 36
- EIA plant code
- 1913
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 47 MW | 43 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 47 MW | 45 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 47 MW | 46 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 47 MW | 47 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 47 MW | 45 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 6 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 47 MW | 46 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 7 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 1997 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 8 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 1997 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
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
| Cannon Falls Energy Center | Natural gas | 347 MW |
| Faribault Energy Park | Natural gas | 335 MW |
| LSP-Cottage Grove LP | Natural gas | 284 MW |
| Nobles 2 Wind Project | Wind | 250 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 284 MW solar plant and a 284 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