Sartell Dam
Hydro power plant · Benton County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
9.3 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#145
of 804 plants
In service since
1985
March 1985
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC
- County
- Benton County
- Generating units
- 11
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among hydro plants in Minnesota
- #8 of 22
- EIA plant code
- 50252
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HG10 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.9 MW | 0.9 MW | 1985 | Operating |
| HG11 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.9 MW | 0.9 MW | 1985 | Operating |
| HG12 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.9 MW | 0.9 MW | 1985 | Operating |
| HG2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.9 MW | 0.9 MW | 1985 | Operating |
| HG3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.9 MW | 0.9 MW | 1985 | Operating |
| HG4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.9 MW | 0.9 MW | 1985 | Operating |
| HG5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.9 MW | 0.9 MW | 1985 | Operating |
| HG6 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 1985 | Operating |
| HG7 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 1985 | Operating |
| HG8 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.7 MW | 0.7 MW | 1985 | Operating |
| HG9 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.7 MW | 0.7 MW | 1985 | 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
| Luverne | Other | 9.7 MW |
| SAF Hydroelectric LLC | Hydro | 9.6 MW |
| Alexandria | Other | 9.2 MW |
| Woodstock Windfarm | Wind | 9.2 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 9.3 MW solar plant and a 9.3 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