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Sleepy Eye

Sleepy Eye is a 11.4 MW operating oil-fired power plant in Brown County, Minnesota, operated by Sleepy Eye Public Utility Comm.

Plant statusOperating
  1. Planning (completed)
  2. Consented (completed)
  3. Construction (completed)
  4. OperatingJul 1961 (current stage)
  5. ClosedJun 2010 (not yet reached)

This plant has generators at more than one stage; see the table below.

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Generators

Each generating unit EIA lists at this plant.

UnitTechnologyCapacityStatusOnlineRetired / planned retirement
6Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW Standby / back-upSep 2009
7Petroleum Liquids2.0 MW Standby / back-upSep 2009
NEWPetroleum Liquids2.0 MW Standby / back-upJun 2001
5Petroleum Liquids1.8 MW Standby / back-upJun 1996
1APetroleum Liquids1.8 MW Standby / back-upApr 1999
IC4Petroleum Liquids1.8 MW Standby / back-upJul 1995
3Petroleum Liquids1.5 MW RetiredJul 1961Jun 2010

Plant details

Operator
Sleepy Eye Public Utility Comm
Location
Brown County, Minnesota
Balancing authority
MISO
Sector
Electric Utility
Capacity
Operating: 11.4 MW
Retired: 1.5 MW
First unit online
Jul 1961
EIA plant ID
2011

Location

44.2981, -94.7252

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, September 2026. Planned dates are targets reported by the developer and often change. Report a problem