Nameplate capacity
12 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#124
of 804 plants
In service since
2002
July 2002
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of St James - (MN)
- County
- Watonwan County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.06%
- Rank among other plants in Minnesota
- #24 of 71
- EIA plant code
- 1929
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 6 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2002 | 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
| Princeton (MN) | Other | 12 MW |
| Fond Du Lac | Hydro | 12 MW |
| Madelia | Other | 12 MW |
| Shaokatan Hills LLC | Wind | 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 12 MW solar plant and a 12 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