🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in South Dakota
South Dakota operates 16 natural gas power plants totaling 1,651 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 2.1M MWh.
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.
Plants16operating
Capacity1,651 MWnameplate
Generation2.1M MWhannual
All South Dakota natural gas plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angus Anson | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha County | 406 MW | Northern States Power Co - Minnesota |
| Astoria Station | Astoria | Deuel County | 349 MW | Otter Tail Power Co |
| Deer Creek Station | White | Brookings County | 324 MW | Basin Electric Power Coop |
| Groton Generation Station | Groton | Brown County | 216 MW | Basin Electric Power Coop |
| Aberdeen Ct | Aberdeen | Brown County | 111 MW | Northwestern Energy - (Sd) |
| Ben French | Rapid City | Pennington County | 110 MW | Black Hills Power, Inc. |
| Bob Glanzer Generating Station | Huron | Beadle County | 69 MW | Northwestern Energy - (Sd) |
| Lange Generating Station | Rapid City | Pennington County | 40 MW | Black Hills Power, Inc. |
| Yankton | Yankton | Yankton County | 13 MW | Northwestern Energy - (Sd) |
| Poet Biorefining - Chancellor | Chancellor | Turner County | 5 MW | Poet Biorefining- Chancellor |
| Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell | Mitchell | Davison County | 4 MW | Poet Bioprocessing- Mitchell |
| Poet Biorefining - Hudson | Hudson | Lincoln County | 4 MW | Poet Biorefining - Hudson |
| Pathfinder | Sioux Falls | Minnehaha County | — | Northern States Power Co - Minnesota |
| Huron | Huron | Beadle County | — | Northwestern Energy - (Sd) |
| Redfield | Redfield | Spink County | — | Northwestern Energy - (Sd) |
| Future Ct | Huron | Hyde County | — | Northwestern Energy - (Sd) |