Lake Crystal
Other power plant · Blue Earth County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
5.8 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#187
of 804 plants
In service since
1952
May 1952
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Lake Crystal - (MN)
- County
- Blue Earth County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among other plants in Minnesota
- #53 of 71
- EIA plant code
- 1985
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 1971 | Operating |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 1999 | Operating |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.2 MW | 1.2 MW | 1955 | Operating |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.6 MW | 0.6 MW | 1952 | 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
| Willmar Municipal SW Substation | Other | 6.0 MW |
| Brainerd Airport | Solar | 5.8 MW |
| Laskin Solar | Solar | 5.6 MW |
| Red Lake Falls Community Hybrid | Wind | 5.6 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 5.8 MW solar plant and a 5.8 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