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EIA plant 58434

Pella · Marion · IA

Red Rock Hydro Plant

Operated by Western Minnesota Mun Pwr Agny

Annual generation135,978 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesWATCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextMidcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..Balancing authority or NERC region

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41.369722, -92.980833

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyConventional Hydroelectric55.2 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

163
24,667
34,339
417,759
528,453
625,614
728,701
818,896
91,138
10-87
111,739
124,696

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
163
24,667
34,339
417,759
528,453
625,614
728,701
818,896
91,138
10-87
111,739
124,696

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
163 MWh
24,667 MWh
34,339 MWh
417,759 MWh
528,453 MWh
625,614 MWh
728,701 MWh
818,896 MWh
91,138 MWh
10-87 MWh
111,739 MWh
124,696 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
1Conventional HydroelectricWAT27.6OP
2Conventional HydroelectricWAT27.6OP

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EIA plant ID
58434
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Des Moines River
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 11 numeric monthly generation entries, 7 has the highest recorded value (28,701 MWh) and 1 the lowest (63 MWh). Their difference is 28,638 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Conventional Hydroelectric27.627.527.56.2
2Conventional Hydroelectric27.627.527.56.2

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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