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Coal Creek Station

Great River Energy and Things to Know

Cooperatives There are a total of 28 cooperatives that belong to Great River Energy.

Consumers There are 580,000 member/consumer accounts or about 1.5 million people, at an average of 7.0 consumers per mile and 4.0 consumers per mile for Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric.

Distribution Line Total distribution line in all 28 cooperatives service areas is 82,718 miles.

Employees There are a total of 700 employees in Great River Energy and Coal Creek.

Headquarters Great River Energy is located at 17845 East Highway 10, P.O. Box 800, Elk River, MN 55330-0800. www.GreatRiverEnergy.com

Power Stations Great River Energy owns and operates these Power Stations:

    Coal Creek StationUnderwood, ND Unit 1-79 / Unit 2-801116 MW

    		Including the +-400 VDC Line to Mpls.436 Miles
    Stanton StationStanton, ND - 1966188 MW
    Genoa 3La Crosse, WI171 MW
    Pleasant ValleySargent, MN - peaking plant 2001423 MW
    Lakefield JunctionTrimont, MN - peaking plant 2001528 MW
    Elk River StationElk River, MN35 MW
    St. BonifaciusSt. Bonifacius, MN - peaking plant50 MW
    Rock LakePine City, MN - peaking plant20 MW
    Maple LakeMaple Lake, MN - peaking plant19 MW
    CambridgeCambridge, MN - peaking plant20 MW
    Wind Energy Purchases-Throughout Southern Minnesota18 MW
    Power purchased from the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA)100 MW

Controlled Loads
MW - MW= Mega-Watt & 1 Mega-Watt equals 10,000/100 watt light bulbs
Tours - Over 4,000 members tour The Coal Creek Station and Falkirk Mine per year.

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