RUGBY WIND POWER PROJECT
OperatingWind power plant
- Capacity
- 149 MW
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- County
- Pierce County
- Operator
- IBERDROLA RENEWABLES INC
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 2009
- EIA plant ID
- 57097
- Generators
- 1
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Net generation (2024)
- 335 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 26%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 46.8644, -96.7514
RUGBY WIND POWER PROJECT, a 149 MW Wind power plant in Pierce County, North Dakota. Operated by IBERDROLA RENEWABLES INC, commissioned 2009.
How RUGBY WIND POWER PROJECT compares
With 149 MW of capacity, RUGBY WIND POWER PROJECT ranks 9th among the 40 operating power plants Bywatts maps in North Dakota and 3rd of the 21 operating Wind plants in the state. It accounts for about 8.7% of North Dakota's operating Wind capacity and 2.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 145th-largest of the 708 operating Wind plants in the database. Commissioned in 2009, it is newer than 57% of the 40 operating North Dakota plants with a recorded commissioning year.
EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 149 MW of nameplate capacity, all onshore wind turbine technology. Net generation was 335 GWh in 2024 (a 26% capacity factor), down 22% from 2022.
Grid neighborhood
The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line, about 0.2 miles away. Another 4 operating power plants totaling 20 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is CENTENNIAL GENERATING STATION (12 MW).
Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology
Weather peril exposure
RUGBY WIND POWER PROJECT is a 149 MW wind power plant in Pierce County, ND, operated by IBERDROLA RENEWABLES INC, commissioned in 2009. Pierce County carries high modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 3.4 of 5 at the 61st national percentile. Winter weather is the leading peril, rated Relatively Moderate by FEMA at the 99th percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a wind plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Pierce County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter weather | Relatively Moderate | 99th | 4.9 of 5 | 21.0 |
| Ice storm | Relatively Low | 89th | 4.6 of 5 | 0.58 |
| Strong wind | Very Low | 85th | 4.4 of 5 | 1.1 |
| Wildfire | Very Low | 79th | 4.2 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Heat wave | Very Low | 74th | 4.0 of 5 | 0.84 |
| Hail | Very Low | 66th | 3.6 of 5 | 2.3 |
| Tornado | Very Low | 40th | 2.6 of 5 | 0.38 |
| Lightning | Very Low | 24th | 2.0 of 5 | 26.4 |
| Earthquake | Very Low | 4th | 1.2 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Riverine flooding | Very Low | 2nd | 1.1 of 5 | 0.14 |
Perils not assessed in Pierce County
These perils carry no usable National Risk Index figure for this county, so they are excluded from the scoring rather than scored zero. A zero would claim the peril was assessed and found benign.
| Peril | Why it is not scored |
|---|---|
| Hurricane | FEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county |
| Coastal flooding | FEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county |
Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Pierce County in the weather risk calculator
Ratings are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings; the peril score is a Bywatts transform of the FEMA national percentile. Full data sources and the solar vulnerability methodology are in the weather risk calculator.
Modeled estimate for screening and negotiation. Built from FEMA National Risk Index county hazard data and a solar vulnerability layer documented above. Not a quote, a binder, or actuarial advice, and not a substitute for a carrier's own model. Hazard data: FEMA National Risk Index December 2025, synced 2026-07-24. Resolution is county level, not site level.