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EIA plant 60951

Dubuque · Dubuque · IA

West Dubuque Solar

Operated by Interstate Power and Light Co

Annual generation6,471 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesSUNCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextMidcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..Balancing authority or NERC region

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42.491754, -90.792250

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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

TechnologySolar Photovoltaic3.8 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.

1499
2530
3557
4559
5667
6636
7666
8663
9639
10588
11250
12217

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
1499
2530
3557
4559
5667
6636
7666
8663
9639
10588
11250
12217

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
1499 MWh
2530 MWh
3557 MWh
4559 MWh
5667 MWh
6636 MWh
7666 MWh
8663 MWh
9639 MWh
10588 MWh
11250 MWh
12217 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
PV1Solar PhotovoltaicSUN3.8OP

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EIA plant ID
60951
Sector
Electric Utility
Water source
Unavailable
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 5 has the highest recorded value (667 MWh) and 12 the lowest (217 MWh). Their difference is 450 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
PV1Solar Photovoltaic3.83.43.1Not supplied

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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