CASCADE CREEK

How CASCADE CREEK compares

With 85 MW of capacity, CASCADE CREEK ranks 37th among the 215 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Minnesota and 13th of the 26 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.6% of Minnesota's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 715th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1975, it is older than 69% of the 200 operating Minnesota plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, ROCHESTER PUBLIC UTILITIES, runs 3 operating plants in Minnesota totaling 91 MW. It shares Olmsted County with 4 other operating plants, including FRANKLIN HEATING STATION and SAINT MARYS HOSPITAL POWER PLANT.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 85 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 29 GWh in 2024 (a 3.9% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1975 and 2002.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 161 kV line owned by ROCHESTER PUBLIC UTILITIES, under 0.1 miles away. Another 12 operating power plants totaling 894 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PLEASANT VALLEY (468 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, NP Rochester in Rochester, about 1.6 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology