American Crystal Sugar Drayton
Coal power plant · Pembina County, North Dakota
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- American Crystal Sugar Co
- County
- Pembina County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among coal plants in North Dakota
- #7 of 7
- EIA plant code
- 54213
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 6.0 MW | 6.0 MW | 1965 | 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 North Dakota
| Enderlin | Other | 9.8 MW |
| Tesoro Mandan Cogeneration Plant | Natural gas | 9.3 MW |
| Minot Wind Project | Wind | 4.5 MW |
| Grafton | Other | 4.0 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 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 6.0 MW solar plant and a 6.0 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 North Dakota power plants · What North Dakota actually generates