Falls Creek Garden
Rice County, Minnesota · EIA plant ID 63394 · Operator: Falls Creek Garden LLC
Nameplate1MWSummer 1 MW
Generators1in service
Net generation2GWh12 mo to Dec 2025
Capacity factor17%solar units, summer MW
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online2020
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), solar 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1.6 | 19.3% | — |
| 2021 | 1.8 | 20.3% | — |
| 2022 | 1.7 | 19.0% | — |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 20.0% | — |
| 2024 | 1.7 | 19.5% | — |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 17.4% | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGS | Solar Photovoltaic | PV | 1 | 1 | Feb 2020 | Operating | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: Falls Creek Garden LLC. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
| Falls Creek Garden LLC | 100.0% | 1 MW |
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| USS Fair Park Solar LLC (CSG) | 1 MW | 4.2 km |
| RJC II Community Solar Garden | 1 MW | 10 km |
| USS Bush Solar LLC CSG | 1 MW | 11.5 km |
| Enterprise MN - Buscho CSG | 1 MW | 11.6 km |
| EESolar33 | — | 12 km |
| RJC CSG, LLC | 1 MW | 12.1 km |