Owner profile

Rochester Public Utilities

Rochester Public Utilities owns or operates 5 generating facilities commissioned between 1948 and 2018, with a combined nameplate capacity of 236.6 MW. The largest share of capacity is natural gas (56%), located in Minnesota.

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

5
Plants
236.6 MW
Total capacity
1
States
99 MW
Largest: Silver Lake

Capacity mix

Natural Gas 55.5%Coal 41.8%Oil 1.5%Hydroelectric 1.1%

Operating plants

PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Cascade CreekNatural GasMinnesotaRochester Public Utilities84.9 MW
Westside Energy StationNatural GasMinnesotaRochester Public Utilities46.5 MW
IBM WestOilMinnesotaRochester Public Utilities3.6 MW
Rochester HydroHydroelectricMinnesotaRochester Public Utilities2.6 MW
Retired plants (1)
PlantFuelStateOwnerCapacity
Silver Lakeretired 2015CoalMinnesotaRochester Public Utilities99 MW