Syl Laskin
Natural gas power plant · St Louis County, Minnesota
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- ALLETE, Inc.
- County
- St Louis County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.58%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Minnesota
- #15 of 36
- EIA plant code
- 1891
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 58 MW | 49 MW | 1953 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 58 MW | 49 MW | 1953 | 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
| Silver Bay Power | Coal | 132 MW |
| Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend, LLC | Natural gas | 118 MW |
| Walleye Wind | Wind | 110 MW |
| Lake Benton I | Wind | 107 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 116 MW solar plant and a 116 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