Sherburne County
Coal power plant · Sherburne County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
1,704 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#1
of 804 plants
In service since
1976
April 1976
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
- County
- Sherburne County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 8.58%
- Rank among coal plants in Minnesota
- #1 of 8
- EIA plant code
- 6090
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Conventional Steam Coal | 939 MW | 876 MW | 1987 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 765 MW | 680 MW | 1976 | 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
| Prairie Island | Nuclear | 1,186 MW |
| Clay Boswell | Coal | 923 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 1,704 MW solar plant and a 1,704 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