Deer Creek Station
Natural gas power plant · Brookings County, South Dakota
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Basin Electric Power Coop
- County
- Brookings County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 4.22%
- Rank among natural gas plants in South Dakota
- #3 of 11
- EIA plant code
- 56610
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 170 MW | 145 MW | 2012 | Operating |
| 01 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 154 MW | 150 MW | 2012 | 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 South Dakota
| Angus Anson | Natural gas | 406 MW |
| Astoria Station | Natural gas | 349 MW |
| Fort Randall | Hydro | 320 MW |
| Dakota Range Wind | Wind | 304 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 324 MW solar plant and a 324 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 South Dakota power plants · What South Dakota actually generates