Owner profile

Montana-Dakota Utilities Co

Montana-Dakota Utilities Co owns or operates 9 generating facilities commissioned between 1953 and 2016, with a combined nameplate capacity of 522.3 MW. The largest share of capacity is natural gas (60%), spread across 2 states.

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

9
Plants
522.3 MW
Total capacity
2
States
176.4 MW
Largest: R M Heskett

Capacity mix

Natural Gas 59.7%Wind 39.2%Other 1.0%

By state

Montana4 · 155.6 MWNorth Dakota5 · 366.7 MW

Operating plants

PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
R M HeskettNatural GasNorth DakotaMontana-Dakota Utilities Co176.4 MW
Thunder Spirit Wind, LLCWindNorth DakotaMontana-Dakota Utilities Co155.5 MW
Glendive GTNatural GasMontanaMontana-Dakota Utilities Co83.7 MW
Diamond Willow Wind FacilityWindMontanaMontana-Dakota Utilities Co30 MW
Miles City GTNatural GasMontanaMontana-Dakota Utilities Co23.3 MW
Cedar Hills Wind FarmWindNorth DakotaMontana-Dakota Utilities Co19.5 MW
Lewis & ClarkNatural GasMontanaMontana-Dakota Utilities Co18.6 MW
Glen Ullin Station 6OtherNorth DakotaMontana-Dakota Utilities Co5.3 MW
Retired plants (1)
PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Willistonretired 2012Natural GasNorth DakotaMontana-Dakota Utilities Co10 MW