Minnesota River
Natural gas power plant · Carver County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
49 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#68
of 804 plants
In service since
2001
May 2001
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Minnesota Municipal Power Agny
- County
- Carver County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.25%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Minnesota
- #19 of 36
- EIA plant code
- 7844
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UOO1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 49 MW | 39 MW | 2001 | Operating |
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 49 MW solar plant and a 49 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