Moose Lake
Natural gas power plant · Carlton County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
10 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#137
of 804 plants
In service since
1973
July 1973
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- Moose Lake Water & Light Comm
- County
- Carlton County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Minnesota
- #32 of 36
- EIA plant code
- 1996
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8NG | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.6 MW | 2.0 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.1 MW | 2.3 MW | 2005 | Operating |
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.1 MW | 2.3 MW | 2005 | Operating |
| 7 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.1 MW | 2.3 MW | 2005 | Operating |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.3 MW | 1.3 MW | 1973 | 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
| Warroad Factory | Battery storage | 11 MW |
| Eastridge Wind Project | Wind | 10 MW |
| Albany Solar | Solar | 10 MW |
| Paynesville Solar | Solar | 10 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 10 MW solar plant and a 10 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