Owner profile

Northern States Power Co - Minnesota

Part of Xcel Energy →

Northern States Power Co - Minnesota owns or operates 62 generating facilities commissioned between 1901 and 2024, with a combined nameplate capacity of 11.39 GW. The largest share of capacity is natural gas (32%), spread across 5 states.

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

62
Plants
11.39 GW
Total capacity
5
States
1.70 GW
Largest: Sherburne County

Capacity mix

Natural Gas 31.7%Wind 20.8%Coal 20.2%Nuclear 16.4%Solar 6.2%Hydroelectric 2.4%Oil 1.7%Waste 0.4%

By state

Michigan1 · 1.4 MWMinnesota35 · 9.35 GWNorth Dakota2 · 350 MWSouth Dakota4 · 985.3 MWWisconsin20 · 701.1 MW

Operating plants

PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Sherburne CountyCoalMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota1.70 GW
Prairie IslandNuclearMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota1.19 GW
Monticello Nuclear FacilityNuclearMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota685 MW
High BridgeNatural GasMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota644 MW
Allen S KingCoalMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota598.4 MW
Riverside (MN)Natural GasMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota585.9 MW
Black DogNatural GasMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota562.8 MW
Blue LakeNatural GasMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota559.4 MW
Angus AnsonNatural GasSouth DakotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota405.7 MW
Dakota Range WindWindSouth DakotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota304 MW
Inver HillsNatural GasMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota284.4 MW
Sherco Solar ISolarMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota222.9 MW
Freeborn Wind FarmWindMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota218 MW
Nobles Wind ProjectWindMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota201 MW
Crowned Ridge Wind II Energy CenterWindSouth DakotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota200.6 MW
Blazing Star 2 Wind FarmWindMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota200 MW
Blazing Star Wind Farm 1WindMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota200 MW
Courtenay Wind FarmWindNorth DakotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota200 MW
Pleasant Valley Wind FarmWindMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota200 MW
WheatonNatural GasWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota194 MW
French IslandOilWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota188 MW
Border Winds Wind FarmWindNorth DakotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota150 MW
Grand MeadowWindMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota100.5 MW
Lake Benton IIWindMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota100.2 MW
Northern WindWindMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota100 MW
Mower County Wind Energy CenterWindMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota98.9 MW
Jim FallsHydroelectricWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota59.8 MW
Jeffers Wind 20 LLCWindMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota50 MW
Bay FrontNatural GasWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota47.2 MW
WissotaHydroelectricWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota39.4 MW
CornellHydroelectricWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota35.3 MW
HolcombeHydroelectricWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota33.9 MW
Community Wind North LLCWindMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota30 MW
WilmarthWasteMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota25 MW
St Croix FallsHydroelectricWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota23.2 MW
Red WingWasteMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota23 MW
Chippewa FallsHydroelectricWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota21.6 MW
Rock Aetna Power PartnersWindMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota20 MW
Hennepin IslandHydroelectricMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota13.7 MW
DellsHydroelectricWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota12.3 MW
Big FallsHydroelectricWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota7.7 MW
Cedar Falls (WI)HydroelectricWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota6 MW
MenomonieHydroelectricWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota5.4 MW
Ladysmith DamHydroelectricWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota3.4 MW
Apple RiverHydroelectricWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota2.4 MW
Saxon FallsHydroelectricWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota1.6 MW
Superior FallsHydroelectricMichiganNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota1.4 MW
ThornappleHydroelectricWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota1.4 MW
TregoHydroelectricWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota1.2 MW
White River (WI)HydroelectricWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota1 MW
Retired plants (10)
PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Pathfinderretired 2001Natural GasSouth DakotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota75 MW
Granite Cityretired 2019Natural GasMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota72 MW
Key Cityretired 2015Natural GasMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota72 MW
West Fairbaultretired 2006Natural GasMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota48.6 MW
Minnesota Valleyretired 2006Natural GasMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota46 MW
Northern States Flambeauretired 2017Natural GasWisconsinNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota16.3 MW
United Hospitalretired 2017OilMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota4.8 MW
United Health Careretired 2008OilMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota3.6 MW
Alliant Techsystemsretired 2015OilMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota1.6 MW
Laverne Batteryretired 2019StorageMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota1.1 MW
Under construction (2)
PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Sherco Solar IIIconstr.SolarMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota250 MW
Sherco Solar IIconstr.SolarMinnesotaNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota237.1 MW