Owner profile

ALLETE, Inc.

ALLETE, Inc. owns or operates 23 generating facilities commissioned between 1906 and 2023, with a combined nameplate capacity of 2.06 GW. The largest share of capacity is coal (57%), spread across 2 states.

Ownership reflects the utility or operator reported to EIA (Form EIA-860); equity ownership of individual facilities may differ.

23
Plants
2.06 GW
Total capacity
2
States
923.3 MW
Largest: Clay Boswell

Capacity mix

Coal 57.2%Wind 25.4%Natural Gas 7.0%Hydroelectric 5.8%Biomass 3.5%Solar 1.1%

By state

Minnesota19 · 1.56 GWNorth Dakota4 · 496.8 MW

Operating plants

PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Clay BoswellCoalMinnesotaALLETE, Inc.923.3 MW
Bison 4 Wind Energy CenterWindNorth DakotaALLETE, Inc.205 MW
Syl LaskinNatural GasMinnesotaALLETE, Inc.116 MW
Bison 2 Wind Energy CenterWindNorth DakotaALLETE, Inc.105 MW
Bison 3 Wind Energy CenterWindNorth DakotaALLETE, Inc.105 MW
Bison I Wind Energy CenterWindNorth DakotaALLETE, Inc.81.8 MW
M L HibbardBiomassMinnesotaALLETE, Inc.72.8 MW
ThomsonHydroelectricMinnesotaALLETE, Inc.72.6 MW
Rapids Energy CenterNatural GasMinnesotaALLETE, Inc.28.4 MW
Taconite Ridge 1 Wind Energy CenterWindMinnesotaALLETE, Inc.25 MW
BlanchardHydroelectricMinnesotaALLETE, Inc.18 MW
Sylvan SolarSolarMinnesotaALLETE, Inc.15.2 MW
Fond Du LacHydroelectricMinnesotaALLETE, Inc.12 MW
Laskin SolarSolarMinnesotaALLETE, Inc.5.6 MW
Little Falls (MN)HydroelectricMinnesotaALLETE, Inc.4.6 MW
WintonHydroelectricMinnesotaALLETE, Inc.4 MW
Knife FallsHydroelectricMinnesotaALLETE, Inc.2.4 MW
SylvanHydroelectricMinnesotaALLETE, Inc.1.8 MW
Jean Duluth SolarSolarMinnesotaALLETE, Inc.1.6 MW
PillagerHydroelectricMinnesotaALLETE, Inc.1.6 MW
ScanlonHydroelectricMinnesotaALLETE, Inc.1.6 MW
Prairie RiverHydroelectricMinnesotaALLETE, Inc.1 MW
Retired plants (1)
PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Taconite Harbor Energy Centerretired 2023CoalMinnesotaALLETE, Inc.252 MW