Overview
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MMPA takes a long-term approach to power supply planning that includes assembling a diversified portfolio of owned and purchased generation containing both renewable and nonrenewable resources. The Agency’s power supply portfolio includes water, wind, biomass, and natural gas to generate electricity.
MMPA is committed to generating energy in an environmentally sustainable manner. Please visit our Sustainable Energy page for more information.
MMPA’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) was filed with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on July 30, 2018. It describes our power supply needs and alternative resources. Click here to read MMPA’s 2018 IRP.
Technology:
Dual-fuel (natural gas and fuel oil); combined cycle
Capacity:
300 MW
Location:
Fairbault, MN
Technology:
Wind
Capacity:
110 MW
Location:
Rock County, MN
Technology:
Wind
Capacity:
78 MW
Location:
Stearns County, MN
Technology:
Dual–fuel (natural gas and fuel oil)
Capacity:
49 MW
Location:
Chaska, MN
Technology:
Natural Gas-Fired Reciprocating Engines
Capacity:
46 MW
Location:
Shakopee, MN
Technology:
Wind
Capacity:
44 MW
Location:
Steele County, MN
Technology:
Biomass
Capacity:
8 MW
Location:
Le Sueur County, MN
Technology:
Solar
Capacity:
7 MW
Location:
Buffalo Township, MN
Western Area Power Administration
Technology:
Hydropower
Capacity:
10,000 MW
Location:
Western Half of the United States
Visit Faribault Energy Park
Visitors are invited to walk among 35 acres of wetlands and drop a fishing line at one of the cleanest-burning, most efficient electrical generation plants in the Midwest. The observation room is open for tours by appointment.