PLEASANT VALLEY

How PLEASANT VALLEY compares

With 468 MW of capacity, PLEASANT VALLEY ranks 12th among the 215 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Minnesota and 6th of the 26 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 8.8% of Minnesota's operating Natural Gas capacity and 2.9% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 347th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2001, it is newer than 48% of the 200 operating Minnesota plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, GREAT RIVER ENERGY, runs 8 operating plants in Minnesota totaling 1,550 MW. It shares Mower County with 5 other operating plants, including PRAIRIE STAR WIND FARM and GRAND MEADOW.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 468 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 85.9 GWh in 2024 (a 2.1% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 2001 and 2002.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 161 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 15 operating power plants totaling 973 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PIONEER PRAIRIE WIND FARM (300 MW, Wind). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, NP Rochester in Rochester, about 18.8 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