RIVERSIDE

How RIVERSIDE compares

With 586 MW of capacity, RIVERSIDE ranks 8th among the 215 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Minnesota and 2nd of the 26 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 11% of Minnesota's operating Natural Gas capacity and 3.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 269th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1987, it is older than 62% of the 200 operating Minnesota plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, XCEL ENERGY, runs 14 operating plants in Minnesota totaling 7,978 MW. It shares Hennepin County with 5 other operating plants, including COVANTA HENNEPIN ENERGY and SOUTHEAST STEAM PLANT.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 586 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 2,770 GWh in 2024 (a 54% capacity factor), up 89% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1987 and 2009.

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 20 operating power plants totaling 3,442 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is HIGH BRIDGE (644 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is Implex Minneapolis in Minneapolis, about 1.4 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