FARIBAULT ENERGY PARK

How FARIBAULT ENERGY PARK compares

With 335 MW of capacity, FARIBAULT ENERGY PARK ranks 14th among the 215 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Minnesota and 8th of the 26 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 6.3% of Minnesota's operating Natural Gas capacity and 2.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 430th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2005, it is newer than 71% of the 200 operating Minnesota plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, MINNESOTA MUNICIPAL POWER AGNY, runs 3 operating plants in Minnesota totaling 428 MW. It shares Rice County with one other operating plant, CARLETON COLLEGE.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 335 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 1,103 GWh in 2024 (a 38% capacity factor), up 71% from 2022. Its generators came online between 2005 and 2007.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by NORTHERN STATES POWER CO - MINNESOTA, under 0.1 miles away. Another 5 operating power plants totaling 457 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is CANNON FALLS ENERGY CENTER (408 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 3 mapped data centers; the nearest is Cologix MIN1 in Minneapolis, about 44.0 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