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Coyote — Power plant · Coal · Otter Tail Power Co
  • Combustion
  • Operating
  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

Power plant · Coal

Key facts

Power plant · Coalran 54% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1981
Net generation, 2025
2,131,056 MWh
Grid
345 kV to Otter Tail Power Co (MISO)
Location
Mercer County, North Dakota

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2026
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2026
  • Coal
  • Oil

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Technology
Coal source: “Conventional Steam Coal”
Age
45 years since 1981
Unused energy
1,811 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
Heat rate
11,859 Btu/kWh 2025
All 8 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Attributes
AttributeValue
Gem
Parents
Name
Otter Tail Corp
Share pct
35
Gem entity id
E100002007932
Name
Minnkota Power Cooperative Inc
Share pct
30
Gem entity id
E100001001056
Name
small shareholder(s)
Share pct
21.20
Gem entity id
E100001015587
Name
NorthWestern Energy Group Inc
Share pct
10
Gem entity id
E100000150310
Name
The Vanguard Group Inc
Share pct
3.20
Gem entity id
E100001010595
Name
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss LLC
Share pct
0.400
Gem entity id
E100002017617
Name
Blackrock Advisors LLC
Share pct
0.200
Gem entity id
E100001015833
Name
State Street Corp
Share pct
0.100
Gem entity id
E100001010596
Name
Washington H Soul Pattinson and Company Co Ltd
Share pct
0.100
Gem entity id
E100001010431
Unit ids
G100000101721
Location id
L100000104091
Grid
Nerc region
MRO
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
345
Transmission owner
Otter Tail Power Co
Balancing authority code
MISO
Balancing authority name
Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)
EPA FRS ID
110071160210
Subparts reported
C, D
NAICS code
221112
Subpart PP (CO2 supply)
No
Subpart RR (geologic sequestration)
No
Subpart UU (CO2 injection)
No
Reporting year
2023
GHGRP facility ID
1007420
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 202525,272,063
Capacity factor, 20250.541
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 202511,858.9
Net generation (MWh), 20252,131,056.0
Balancing authority codeMISO

Ownership

8 companies9
Companies with an ownership or operating interest in this asset.
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
Otter Tail Power Co Operator EIA-860M
OTTER TAIL CORP Owner 35.0% Dec 31, 2023 EPA GHGRP
NORTHERN MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY Owner 30.0% Dec 31, 2023 EPA GHGRP
MDU RESOURCES GROUP INC Owner 25.0% Dec 31, 2023 EPA GHGRP
NORTHWESTERN CORP Owner 10.0% Dec 31, 2023 EPA GHGRP
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co Owner 25.0% Dec 31, 2025 EIA-860
Minnkota Power Coop, Inc Owner 30.0% Dec 31, 2025 EIA-860
NorthWestern Energy - (SD) Owner 10.0% Dec 31, 2025 EIA-860
Otter Tail Power Co Owner 35.0% Dec 31, 2025 EIA-860

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

6 sources

Sources EIA-860M · GEM · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT) · EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules

Sources

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