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Power plant · EIA plant code 1913

Inver Hills

Operator
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Location
Dakota, MN (county level only)
Balancing authority
Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.. (MISO)
Nameplate capacity
284.4 MW
Summer capacity
275.6 MW

Planned changes reported to EIA: 8 planned retirements.

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Annual Electric Generator Report (Form EIA-860) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 10, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Generation in 2025

Net generation
129,519 MWh
Capacity factor
5.2%

Capacity factor is net generation divided by nameplate capacity times the hours each generator was in service that year, counted by month.

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Power Plant Operations Report (Form EIA-923) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 11, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Emissions

Carbon dioxide in 2023
0 metric tons
Carbon dioxide per MWh
0 lb/MWh

eGRID reports 0 short tons. One short ton is 0.90718474 metric tons.

Emissions are for 2023, the newest eGRID year. Generation is for 2025, the newest EIA-923 year.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) · data for 2023 · as of Jun 16, 2025 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Generators

Generators at Inver Hills
GeneratorTechnologyEnergy sourceNameplateOperating sinceStatus
1Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG46.8 MW1972Operable · Planned retirement: 2030 (reported to EIA) · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
2Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG46.8 MW1972Operable · Planned retirement: 2030 (reported to EIA) · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
3Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG46.8 MW1972Operable · Planned retirement: 2030 (reported to EIA) · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
4Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG46.8 MW1972Operable · Planned retirement: 2030 (reported to EIA) · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
5Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG46.8 MW1972Operable · Planned retirement: 2030 (reported to EIA) · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
6Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNG46.8 MW1972Operable · Planned retirement: 2030 (reported to EIA) · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
7Petroleum LiquidsDFO1.8 MW1997Operable · Planned retirement: 2029 (reported to EIA) · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (SB) Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
8Petroleum LiquidsDFO1.8 MW1997Operable · Planned retirement: 2029 (reported to EIA) · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (SB) Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator Report (Form EIA-860M) · data for 2026-09 · as of Oct 23, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

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