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EIA plant 6090

Becker · Sherburne · MN

Sherburne County

Operated by Northern States Power Co - Minnesota

Annual generation6,341,929 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesSUBCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextMidcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..Balancing authority or NERC region

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45.380800, -93.893100

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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 Steam Coal1,704 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.

1818,126.01
2460,140.01
3343,607
4351,877
5286,751
6751,318
7843,572
8669,984
9547,649
10183,782
11371,013
12714,110

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
1818,126.01
2460,140.01
3343,607
4351,877
5286,751
6751,318
7843,572
8669,984
9547,649
10183,782
11371,013
12714,110

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1818,126 MWh
2460,140 MWh
3343,607 MWh
4351,877 MWh
5286,751 MWh
6751,318 MWh
7843,572 MWh
8669,984 MWh
9547,649 MWh
10183,782 MWh
11371,013 MWh
12714,110 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
3Conventional Steam CoalSUB938.7OP
1Conventional Steam CoalSUB765.3OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
6090
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Mississippi River
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 7 has the highest recorded value (843,572 MWh) and 10 the lowest (183,782 MWh). Their difference is 659,790 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
1Conventional Steam Coal765.3680.0680.0260.0
3Conventional Steam Coal938.7876.0876.0400.0

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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