We create electricity from coal, hydroelectric, natural gas, oil, solar, and wind facilities. We also purchase electricity from the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, or MISO, energy market when buying it is more economical than generating it ourselves. This mix ensures reliable, low-cost, and increasingly clean electricity 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Astoria Station is our 245-megawatt simple-cycle natural gas combustion turbine located in Deuel County, South Dakota. After years of planning and two years of construction and testing, it began producing energy in May 2021.
We have four combustion turbines that generate between 19 and 42 megawatts (MW).
Resource | Location | Capacity |
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Solway Combustion Turbine | Beltrami County, MN | 42.4 MW natural gas combustion |
Jamestown Combustion Turbines (2 turbines) | Jamestown, ND | 41 MW oil combustion |
Lake Preston Combustion Turbine | Lake Preston, SD | 19.4 MW oil combustion |