Nameplate capacity
9.7 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#143
of 804 plants
In service since
1967
May 1967
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Luverne - (MN)
- County
- Rock County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among other plants in Minnesota
- #32 of 71
- EIA plant code
- 1990
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4C | Petroleum Liquids | 3.5 MW | 3.5 MW | 1967 | Operating |
| 5A | Petroleum Liquids | 3.1 MW | 3.1 MW | 2022 | Operating |
| 5B | Petroleum Liquids | 3.1 MW | 3.1 MW | 2022 | 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
| Waseca Solar | Solar | 10 MW |
| Westside Solar | Solar | 10 MW |
| SAF Hydroelectric LLC | Hydro | 9.6 MW |
| Sartell Dam | Hydro | 9.3 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 9.7 MW solar plant and a 9.7 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