Power plant · Wisconsin, United States

Jim Falls Power Plant

Jim Falls Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant in Wisconsin, United States, with 59.8 MW of capacity, owned by Northern States Power Co - Minnesota.

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

Fact	Value	Source
Location	Wisconsin	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	1988	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Owner	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	59.8 MW	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Technology	Conventional Hydroelectric	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	Northern States Power Co	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	115 kV	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Planned retirement	2033 (59.8 MW retiring, 3 units, planned retirement reported to eia)	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	45.0510, -91.2740	EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

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How it compares

Jim Falls is the 15th-largest of 15 power plants in Wisconsin and the 991st-largest of 1,009 in the United States by capacity; its 59.8 MW is <0.1% of the 917,512 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

Within	Rank	Total	Share
Wisconsin	15th of 15	11,372 MW	0.53%
United States	991st of 1,009	917,512 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	3,333rd of 15,799	1,918,113 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 7 mines (3 operating), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Dovre Processing Plant	Mine	—	Closed	33 km
Dovre Wet Processing Site #2	Mine	—	Closed	34 km
Industrial Sand Plant	Mine	—	Operating	35 km

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Other power plants in Wisconsin

Elm Road Generating Station1,403 MW
Point Beach Nuclear Plant1,311 MW
Pleasant Prairie1,235 MW
Port Washington Generating Station1,230 MW
Columbia (WI)1,112 MW
Weston946 MW
West Riverside Energy Center728 MW
Riverside Energy Center675 MW

All 26 power plants in Wisconsin, United States

Data on this page

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