Prairie Island

OperatingNuclear

Ranked #1 of 2 Nuclear plants in MN#44 of 57 nationally

1186.2 MW Nuclear operating in Goodhue, MN — Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..

EIAGEMWD

1,186.2 MW

Nameplate Capacity

Generators

units

Nuclear

Technology

1974

Operating Since

Location

Coordinates

44.6220, -92.6333

County

Goodhue, MN

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Ownership & Operator

Owner data does not fully agree across sources.

EIA typically reports the operating utility, while GEM resolves to the financial owner or parent corporation. Both can be correct.

Field	EIA	GEM	Wikidata
Operator	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota	Northern States Power	Xcel Energy
Owner(s)	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota	Xcel Energy	—
Status	Operating	operating	—

Ownership Chain

About

The Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant is an electricity-generating facility located in Red Wing, Minnesota, along the Mississippi River, and adjacent to the Prairie Island Indian Community reservation.

Read more on Wikipedia

Prairie Island is a nuclear power plant located in Goodhue County, Minnesota. The plant is owned and operated by Northern States Power Co - Minnesota, a subsidiary of Xcel Energy. Commissioned in 1974, it has a total capacity of 1186.2 MW across two nuclear generators. Prairie Island operates within the Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO) market and balancing authority.

The plant is the largest of two nuclear plants in Minnesota, and ranks 42nd out of 55 nuclear plants nationally. The latest annual generation data shows an output of 8,557,409 MWh, achieving a capacity factor of 82.4%. Financial data indicates an installed cost of $1771.94 per kW, based on FERC filings.

Generated from EIA, GEM, and public data sources