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EIA plant 58617

Rochester · Olmsted · MN

Water Reclamation Plant

Operated by City of Rochester

Annual generation3,949 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesOBGCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextMidcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..Balancing authority or NERC region

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44.064722, -92.469167

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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

TechnologyOther Waste Biomass2 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.

1334.49
2339.44
3236.24
4187.63
5364.51
6330.01
7364.85
8373.28
9380.81
10341.05
11322.19
12374.9

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
1334.49
2339.44
3236.24
4187.63
5364.51
6330.01
7364.85
8373.28
9380.81
10341.05
11322.19
12374.9

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1334 MWh
2339 MWh
3236 MWh
4188 MWh
5365 MWh
6330 MWh
7365 MWh
8373 MWh
9381 MWh
10341 MWh
11322 MWh
12375 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
GEN1Other Waste BiomassOBG1OP
GEN2Other Waste BiomassOBG1OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
58617
Sector
Commercial CHP
Water source
NA
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 9 has the highest recorded value (381 MWh) and 4 the lowest (188 MWh). Their difference is 193 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
GEN1Other Waste Biomass1.00.30.30.3
GEN2Other Waste Biomass1.00.30.30.3

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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