General Mills IncRetired
Erie County, New York · EIA plant ID 54564 · Operator: General Mills Inc
×4 MW natural gas retired since 2020 (latest Sep 2020)
Nameplate—MWSummer — MW
Generators0in service
Net generation—GWh12 mo
Capacity factor—no 923 generation in the last 12 months
Heat rate—Btu/kWhfossil units, electric fuel, HHV
First online—
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), primary-fuel 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.
Annual data table
| Year | Net GWh | Capacity factor | Heat rate (Btu/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 31.5 | 105.8% | 5,602 |
| 2002 | 30.7 | 103.1% | 6,762 |
| 2003 | 29.9 | 100.3% | 7,221 |
| 2004 | 16.3 | 54.5% | 5,413 |
| 2005 | 6.3 | 21.1% | 5,413 |
| 2006 | 4.3 | 14.4% | 5,413 |
| 2007 | 4.2 | 14.1% | 5,566 |
| 2008 | 2.2 | 7.5% | 5,594 |
| 2009 | 1.6 | 5.5% | 5,566 |
| 2010 | 4.1 | 13.7% | 5,413 |
| 2011 | 1.3 | 4.2% | 5,642 |
| 2012 | 3.9 | 13.0% | 5,305 |
| 2013 | 1.5 | 5.2% | 5,306 |
| 2014 | 0.5 | 1.6% | 5,304 |
| 2015 | 3.5 | 11.7% | 5,305 |
| 2016 | 7.5 | 25.0% | 5,384 |
| 2018 | 1.6 | 5.4% | 5,120 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | GT | 3.8 | 3.4 | Dec 1988 | Retired Sep 2020 | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: General Mills Inc. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
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