- Storage
- Bioenergy
- Loads
- Under construction
- Operating
- Retired
- Size not stated
- 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW
Map
- Storage
- Bioenergy
- Loads
- Under construction
- Operating
- Retired
- Size not stated
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EKS Landfill
Power plant · Biomass
Key facts
Power plant · Biomass Retired- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1994
- Net generation, 2022
- 0 MWh
- Grid
- 14 kV to Northern States Power Co - Minnesota (MISO)
- Location
- Dakota County, Minnesota
- Operated by
- WM Renewable Energy LLC
Output
- Biomass and waste
Details
Who’s behind it
- Owner
- Waste Management Inc
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- Technology
- Biomass source: “Landfill Gas”
- Age
- 32 years since 1994
All 2 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP) |
|
| Balancing authority code | MISO |
Retirement
EIA-860M September 2026StatusEvery generator EIA lists at this plant has retired. As of EIA-860M for September 2026.- Retired
- December 2020
- First unit retired
- March 2007
- Capacity retired
- 5.7 MW
- Generators retired
- 4
| Generator | Technology | Nameplate | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNT3 | Landfill Gas | 0.9 MW | Retired | March 2007 |
| UNT1 | Landfill Gas | 1.6 MW | Retired | December 2020 |
| UNT2 | Landfill Gas | 1.6 MW | Retired | December 2020 |
| UNT4 | Landfill Gas | 1.6 MW | Retired | December 2020 |
Grid
EIA-860 2025Grid fieldsAs the plant reported them to EIA-860 for 2025 (Schedule 2).- Grid voltage at the plant
- 14 kV
- Transmission or distribution system owner
- Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
- Balancing authority
- Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..
- NERC region
- MRO
Transmission lines within 15 mi (10)
Can the connection be reused?
A plant that retires usually leaves its substation, transmission connection and interconnection agreement behind, and those may be reusable by a new project at the same site. FERC Order No. 845 lets an interconnection customer use surplus interconnection service at an existing site, and some transmission providers' tariffs let a replacement resource take over a retiring unit's interconnection service, usually within a set time after the retirement. Whether any such right still exists here, who holds it and on what terms depends on the owner, the transmission provider and timing; this page does not establish any of that.
Ownership
2 companies2| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WM Renewable Energy LLC | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| WASTE MANAGEMENT INC | Owner | 100.0% | Dec 31, 2023 | EPA GHGRP |
Timeline
- Stated Units UNT1, UNT2, UNT4 scheduled to retire, 4.8 MW · EIA-860M
- Stated Unit UNT3 scheduled to retire, 0.9 MW · EIA-860M
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · LBNL · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
Sources
- EIA-860M
- LBNLYin, Nait Belaid & Heleno (2026), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, OEDI, CC BY 4.0: A Harmonized Geospatial Dataset of U.S. Transmission Lines: Linking FERC Form 1 and HIFLD, 1994-2024. Modified by Inframation: HIFLD-side fields only, names re-cased, coordinates rounded.
- EIASource: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
Around this plant
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Blue Lake BESS Under construction | Storage | 5.8 mi | 135.5 |
| IRON GATE DATA CENTERS - EAGAN Built | Large load | 8.2 mi | |
| DATABANK - EAGAN - MSP2 Built | Large load | 9.0 mi | |
| FIS GLOBAL Built | Large load | 10.3 mi | |
| EAGAN 5 MW DATA CENTER Built | Large load | 10.3 mi | |
| JIMNIST LLC Built | Large load | 12.9 mi | |
| Dakota Solar Postponed | Solar | 13.8 mi | 3 |
| Gladiolus Solar, LLC Postponed | Solar | 14.5 mi | 1 |
| SUPERCOMPUTER LLC Built | Large load | 14.6 mi |
Sources EIA-860M · EPA ICIS-Air