Springfield (MN)
Other power plant · Brown County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
9.0 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#149
of 804 plants
In service since
1994
June 1994
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- Springfield Public Utils Comm - (MN)
- County
- Brown County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among other plants in Minnesota
- #35 of 71
- EIA plant code
- 2012
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 1994 | Operating |
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| 7 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 1998 | Operating |
| 8 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 1998 | Operating |
| 9 | Petroleum Liquids | 1.8 MW | 1.8 MW | 2001 | 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.
Similarly sized plants in Minnesota
| Woodstock Windfarm | Wind | 9.2 MW |
| Benson City of | Other | 9.0 MW |
| Wells IC | Natural gas | 9.0 MW |
| St. Charles Power Plant | Other | 8.8 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 9.0 MW solar plant and a 9.0 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