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Exira — Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine · Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny
  • Combustion
  • Operating
  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbineran 15% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
2004
Net generation, 2025
243,481 MWh
Grid
161 kV to WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration (SWPP)
Location
Audubon County, Iowa

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2005 to 2025
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2005 to 2025
  • Gas
  • Oil

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Technology
Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
Age
22 years since 2004
Unused energy
1,347 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
10,685 Btu/kWh 2025
All 8 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
Attributes
AttributeValue
Gem
Parents
Name
Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency
Share pct
100
Gem entity id
E100000002344
Unit ids
G100000403754, G100000403755, G100000403756
Location id
L100000402371
Eia plant ids
56013
Grid
Nerc region
MRO
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
161
Transmission owner
WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration
Balancing authority code
SWPP
Balancing authority name
Southwest Power Pool
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)
EPA FRS ID
110036377266
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
1000414
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 20252,601,502
Capacity factor, 20250.153
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 202510,684.6
Net generation (MWh), 2025243,481
Balancing authority codeSWPP

Ownership

2 companies2
Companies with an ownership or operating interest in this asset.
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny Operator EIA-860M
WESTERN MINNESOTA MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY Owner 100.0% Dec 31, 2023 EPA GHGRP

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Sources

5 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)

Sources

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