Groton Generation Station

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine

Key facts

Power plant · Gas, combustion turbine Operating

Commissioned: 2006
Net generation, 2025: 220,737 MWh
Grid: 115 kV to Basin Electric Power Coop (SWPP)
Location: Brown County, South Dakota
Operated by: Basin Electric Power CoopSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Net generation MWh by year, 2006 to 2025

Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2006 to 2025

Owner: Basin Electric Power CoopSource100.0%, EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT), as of Dec 31, 2023

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Technology: Gas, combustion turbine source: “Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine”
Age: 20 years since 2006
Unused energy: 1,675 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: 9,525 Btu/kWh 2025

All 8 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Attributes
Attribute	Value
Gem	Parents Name Basin Electric Power Cooperative Share pct 100 Gem entity id E100000002183 Unit ids G100000402502, G100000402503 Location id L100000401739 Eia plant ids 56238
Grid	Nerc region MRO Report year 2025 Grid voltage kv 115 Transmission owner Basin Electric Power Coop Balancing authority code SWPP Balancing authority name Southwest Power Pool
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)	EPA FRS ID 110040566919 Subparts reported 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 1000451
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025	2,102,542
Capacity factor, 2025	0.116
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025	9,525.1
Net generation (MWh), 2025	220,737
Balancing authority code	SWPP

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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.
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
EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)