Hastings City Hydroelectric
Dakota County, Minnesota · EIA plant ID 54285 · Operator: Hastings Lock & Dam
Nameplate4MWSummer 4 MW
Generators2in service
Net generation14GWh12 mo to Dec 2025
Capacity factor40%hydro units, summer MW
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online1992
Monthly net generation
EIA-923, all units at the plant. Net of station use; storage can go negative.
FinalPreliminary
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), hydro units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
Heat rate by year
Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Heat rate applies to fuel-burning (thermal) units only.
Annual data table
| Year | Net GWh | Capacity factor | Heat rate (Btu/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7.8 | 22.3% | — |
| 2002 | 3.5 | 10.1% | — |
| 2003 | 20.1 | 57.3% | — |
| 2004 | 19.5 | 55.5% | — |
| 2005 | 24.4 | 69.6% | — |
| 2006 | 24.2 | 69.0% | — |
| 2007 | 25 | 71.4% | — |
| 2008 | 22.2 | 63.2% | — |
| 2009 | 26.4 | 75.3% | — |
| 2010 | 17.4 | 49.7% | — |
| 2011 | 17.8 | 50.8% | — |
| 2012 | 21.3 | 60.5% | — |
| 2013 | 18.7 | 53.4% | — |
| 2014 | 18.2 | 51.9% | — |
| 2015 | 27.7 | 79.0% | — |
| 2016 | 18.4 | 52.4% | — |
| 2017 | 17.9 | 51.1% | — |
| 2018 | 13.1 | 37.4% | — |
| 2019 | 12.7 | 36.4% | — |
| 2020 | 16.2 | 46.2% | — |
| 2021 | 24.7 | 70.4% | — |
| 2022 | 22.6 | 64.5% | — |
| 2023 | 22.4 | 63.9% | — |
| 2024 | 13.3 | 37.7% | — |
| 2025 | 13.9 | 39.7% | — |
Generators
EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
| Gen ID | Technology | Prime mover | Nameplate MW | Summer MW | Online | Status | Planned retirement | OEM / model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | HY | 2.2 | 2 | Jan 1992 | Operating | — | coming soon |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | HY | 2.2 | 2 | Jan 1992 | Operating | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: Hastings Lock & Dam. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| Hastings Lock & Dam | 100.0% | 4 MW |
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| Hastings Solar | 5 MW | 3.4 km |
| Cottage Grove Project CSG | 5 MW | 3.4 km |
| LSP-Cottage Grove LP | 284 MW | 5.3 km |
| GRE Marshan Solar | 1 MW | 8.6 km |
| Cottage Grove CSG, LLC | 5 MW | 9.1 km |
| CGSun, LLC Community Solar | 4 MW | 9.8 km |