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New Ulm — Power plant · Oil · New Ulm Public Utilities CommSibley Wind — Postponed · Wind · MN · 19.5 MW · 14.1 mi away
  • Combustion
  • Operating
  • 10 · 100 · 1,000 MW

New Ulm

Power plant · Oil

Key facts

Power plant · Oilran 0% of 2025 Operating
Capacity
Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
Commissioned
1957
Net generation, 2025
2,149 MWh
Grid
69 kV to Northern States Power Co - Minnesota (MISO)
Location
Brown County, Minnesota

Output

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2025
Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2025
  • Gas
  • Oil

Operations detail

Details

Who’s behind it

Owner
City of New ULM Public Utilities Commission

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Technology
Oil source: “Petroleum Liquids”
Age
69 years since 1957
Unused energy
686 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.
All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
AttributeValue
Grid
Nerc region
MRO
Report year
2025
Grid voltage kv
69
Transmission owner
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Balancing authority code
MISO
Balancing authority name
Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..
EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP)
EPA FRS ID
110071161219
Subparts reported
NN
NAICS code
221112
Subpart PP (CO2 supply)
No
Subpart RR (geologic sequestration)
No
Subpart UU (CO2 injection)
No
Reporting year
2023
GHGRP facility ID
1003704
Eia status
By code
OP
Mw
72.50
Units
4
OS
Mw
6
Units
1
Standby mw
0
Status rule
some_units_idle
In service mw
78.50
Out of service mw
6
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025291,490
Capacity factor, 20250.003
Net generation (MWh), 20252,149
Balancing authority codeMISO
Data notes (1)
  • Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 not shown: computed 135639.8 outside 5000-30000 Btu/kWh

Ownership

2 companies2
CompanyRoleShareAs ofSource
New Ulm Public Utilities Comm Operator EIA-860M
CITY OF NEW ULM PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Owner 100.0% Dec 31, 2023 EPA GHGRP

Timeline

  • In service · EIA-860M

Around this plant

Nearby

within 15 mi
ProjectKindAwayMW
Sibley Wind Postponed Wind 14.1 mi 19.5

Sources EIA-860M

Sources

  • EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026

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