Jamestown
Other power plant · Stutsman County, North Dakota
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- Otter Tail Power Co
- County
- Stutsman County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.43%
- Rank among other plants in North Dakota
- #1 of 8
- EIA plant code
- 2801
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 24 MW | 21 MW | 1976 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 24 MW | 21 MW | 1978 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
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
| Luverne Wind Energy Center | Wind | 50 MW |
| Wilton Wind II LLC | Wind | 50 MW |
| Ashtabula Wind Energy Center | Wind | 48 MW |
| FPL Energy Oliver Wind II LLC | Wind | 48 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 48 MW solar plant and a 48 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