Spring Valley
Other power plant · Fillmore County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
7.1 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#166
of 804 plants
In service since
1952
January 1952
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- Spring Valley Pub Utils Comm
- County
- Fillmore County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among other plants in Minnesota
- #43 of 71
- EIA plant code
- 2013
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 1960 | Operating |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2009 | Operating |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2009 | Operating |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.1 MW | 1.1 MW | 1952 | Operating |
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 7.1 MW solar plant and a 7.1 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