Silver Bay Power
Coal power plant · Lake County, Minnesota · not currently in service
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Cleveland Cliffs Inc
- County
- Lake County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.66%
- Rank among coal plants in Minnesota
- #4 of 8
- EIA plant code
- 10849
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 82 MW | 69 MW | 1962 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| GEN1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 50 MW | 36 MW | 1955 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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 132 MW solar plant and a 132 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