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BentonSun LLC — Power plant · Solar · SunShare ManagementOPTUM C/O UNITED HEALTH GROUP — Built · Large load · MN · 11.3 mi away
  • Wind & solar
  • Loads
  • Operating
  • Size not stated
  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

BentonSun LLC

Power plant · Solar

Key facts

Power plant · Solarran 19% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
2016
Net generation, 2025
8,350 MWh
Grid
34 kV to Northern States Power Co - Minnesota (MISO)
Location
Carver County, Minnesota

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2016 to 2025

Operations detail

Details

Who’s behind it

Owner
BentonSun, LLC

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Technology
Solar source: “Solar Photovoltaic”
Age
10 years since 2016
All 6 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
AttributeValue
Gem
Unit ids
G100000814681, G100000814682, G100000814683, G100000814684, G100000814685
Location id
L100000812080
Eia plant ids
60695
Grid
Nerc region
MRO
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
34.50
Transmission owner
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Balancing authority code
MISO
Balancing authority name
Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 202528,491
Capacity factor, 20250.191
Net generation (MWh), 20258,350
Balancing authority codeMISO

Solar array

Array area (acres)
27.2
AC capacity (MW)
5
DC capacity (MW)
6.9
Mounting
Fixed tilt
Site type
Greenfield
Began operating
2016

Source USPVDB

Source

  • USPVDBOpen license · retrieved Oct 25, 2026Map services and data are available from Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory via https://energy.usgs.gov/uspvdb

Attribution

Ownership

2 companies2
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
SunShare Management Operator EIA-860M
BentonSun, LLC Owner 100.0% Dec 31, 2025 EIA-860

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

6 sources

Sources EIA-860M · GEM · USPVDB · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules

Sources

  • EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
  • GEMOpen license, with credit · retrieved Oct 26, 2026Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  • USPVDBOpen license · retrieved Oct 25, 2026Map services and data are available from Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory via https://energy.usgs.gov/uspvdb
  • EIAOpen license · retrieved Nov 1, 2026Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
  • EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
  • EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules

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Nearby

within 15 mi
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