Southeast Steam Plant
Natural gas power plant · Hennepin County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
13 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#120
of 804 plants
In service since
1998
January 1998
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- University of Minnesota Central Utilities
- County
- Hennepin County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.07%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Minnesota
- #31 of 36
- EIA plant code
- 57966
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSP | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 13 MW | 2.0 MW | 1998 | 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
| South Fork Wind Farm | Wind | 14 MW |
| Hennepin Island | Hydro | 14 MW |
| Detroit Lakes | Other | 13 MW |
| Princeton (MN) | Other | 12 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 13 MW solar plant and a 13 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