Leland Olds
Coal power plant · Mercer County, North Dakota
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Basin Electric Power Coop
- County
- Mercer County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 5.85%
- Rank among coal plants in North Dakota
- #4 of 7
- EIA plant code
- 2817
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 440 MW | 440 MW | 1975 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 216 MW | 220 MW | 1966 | 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
| Pioneer Generation Station | Natural gas | 897 MW |
| Milton R Young | Coal | 734 MW |
| Garrison | Hydro | 583 MW |
| Coyote | Coal | 450 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 656 MW solar plant and a 656 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