Pleasant Valley (MN)
Natural gas power plant · Mower County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
468 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#11
of 804 plants
In service since
2001
May 2001
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Great River Energy
- County
- Mower County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 2.36%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Minnesota
- #6 of 36
- EIA plant code
- 7843
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 168 MW | 153 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| 12 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 168 MW | 151 MW | 2001 | Operating |
| 13 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 133 MW | 120 MW | 2002 | 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
| Black Dog | Natural gas | 563 MW |
| Lakefield Junction | Natural gas | 538 MW |
| Blue Lake | Natural gas | 362 MW |
| Cannon Falls Energy Center | Natural gas | 347 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 468 MW solar plant and a 468 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