Melrose

Power plant · Oil

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Power plant · Oil Operating

Commissioned: 1945
Net generation, 2025: 71 MWh
Grid: 12 kV to Melrose Public Utilities (MISO)
Location: Stearns County, Minnesota
Operated by: Melrose Public UtilitiesSourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Net generation MWh by year, 2002 to 2025

Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2002 to 2025

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Technology: Oil source: “Petroleum Liquids”
Age: 81 years since 1945
Unused energy: 72 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: 11,690 Btu/kWh 2025

All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Attributes
Attribute	Value
Grid	Nerc region MRO Report year 2025 Grid voltage kv 12.50 Transmission owner Melrose Public Utilities Balancing authority code MISO Balancing authority name Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..
Eia status	By code OP Mw 7.20 Units 3 SB Mw 1 Units 1 Standby mw 1 Status rule some_units_idle In service mw 8.20 Out of service mw 0
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025	830
Capacity factor, 2025	0.001
Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025	11,690.1
Net generation (MWh), 2025	71
Balancing authority code	MISO

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