State

North Dakota

Who serves its customers, 2025

Who serves its customers, 2025
Kind of utility	Customers	Share of customers
Investor owned	250,751	51.3%
Cooperative	209,591	42.8%
Public (municipal, state, federal, and districts)	24	0.0%
Other	28,888	5.9%

Customers of full-service and energy-only providers, as EIA counts them; delivery-only customers are the same people, so they are not counted twice.

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Annual Electric Power Industry Report (Form EIA-861) · data for 2025 · as of Oct 7, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Average price by sector, 2025

Average price by sector, 2025
Sector	Average price (cents per kWh)
Residential	11.82
Commercial	7.36
Industrial	7.59

Revenue from every kind of service over sales counted once, as EIA computes its state averages.

Capacity and generation by fuel

Capacity and generation by fuel
Fuel	Capacity	Net generation in 2025
Wind	4,729.1 MW	15,394,895 MWh
Lignite coal	2,794 MW	14,146,575 MWh
Natural gas	1,546.4 MW	2,777,129 MWh
RC	1,209.6 MW	8,323,393 MWh
Hydro	583.4 MW	2,004,511 MWh
Distillate fuel oil	66.7 MW	31,526 MWh
Subbituminous coal	19.3 MW	128,080 MWh
AB	9.8 MW	0 MWh
OG	9.3 MW	34,852 MWh
WH	5.3 MW	32,343 MWh
Residual fuel oil		0 MWh
WO		0 MWh
Petroleum coke		0 MWh
PG		26 MWh

Balancing authorities serving it: MISO, SWPP, WACM.

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Annual Electric Generator Report (Form EIA-860) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 10, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Power Plant Operations Report (Form EIA-923) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 11, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Interconnection queue, as of the end of 2025

Interconnection queue, as of the end of 2025
Type	Active capacity (MW)	Projects
Solar	1,531	10
Wind	5,448	27
Storage	2,139	12
Gas	3,241	6
Hybrid	1,275	4
Other	866	4

Requests still active in an interconnection queue at the end of 2025. Most never get built. Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and GridTracker.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and GridTracker · Queued Up: Interconnection Queue Data File (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) · data for 2025 · as of May 7, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Utilities

Utilities
Utility	Ownership, as EIA reports it	Customers	Sales (MWh)
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota	Investor Owned	96,940	2,098,637
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co	Investor Owned	94,744	3,458,518
Cass County Elec Coop Inc	Cooperative	60,646	1,387,268
Otter Tail Power Co	Investor Owned	59,067	2,554,857
Adjustment 2025		28,888	712,305
Capital Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	22,758	401,126
Nodak Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	21,260	1,984,708
Mountrail-Williams Elec Coop	Cooperative	19,199	6,135,879
Verendrye Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	16,815	597,684
Roughrider Electric Cooperativ	Cooperative	15,326	784,202
McKenzie Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	13,712	6,684,745
Northern Plains Electric Coop	Cooperative	12,127	443,512
North Central Elec Coop, Inc - (ND)	Cooperative	7,612	239,889
Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc	Cooperative	7,019	660,142
McLean Electric Coop, Inc	Cooperative	4,303	191,429
Slope Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	4,142	191,801
Burke-Divide Electric Coop Inc	Cooperative	3,508	242,554
Lower Yellowstone R E A, Inc	Cooperative	1,163	206,244
WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration	Federal	24	198,994
Basin Electric Power Coop	Cooperative	1	1,102,362

A utility with too few reported figures for its own page is listed here with what it reported.

Power plants (70)

Power plants in North Dakota, largest first
Plant	County	Nameplate capacity	Operator
Coal Creek	McLean	1,215.6 MW	Rainbow Energy Center
Antelope Valley	Mercer	954 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
Pioneer Generation Station	Williams	897.3 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
Milton R Young	Oliver	734 MW	Minnkota Power Coop, Inc
Leland Olds	Mercer	656 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
Garrison	Mercer	583.4 MW	USACE-Omaha
Coyote	Mercer	450 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
Lonesome Creek Station	McKenzie	363 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
Aurora Wind Project	Williams	298.8 MW	Aurora Wind Project, LLC
Bison 4 Wind Energy Center	Morton	205 MW	ALLETE, Inc.
Bowman Wind	Bowman	200 MW	Bowman Wind, LLC
Courtenay Wind Farm	Stutsman	200 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Emmons-Logan Wind, LLC	Emmons	200 MW	Emmons-Logan Wind, LLC
Burke Wind, LLC	Burke	199.4 MW	Burke Wind LLC
Oliver Wind IV	Oliver	198.8 MW	Oliver Wind IV, LLC
Tatanka Wind Power LLC	Dickey	180 MW	Acciona Wind Energy USA LLC
R M Heskett	Morton	178.4 MW	Montana-Dakota Utilities Co
Thunder Spirit Wind, LLC	Adams	155.5 MW	Montana-Dakota Utilities Co
Border Winds Wind Farm	Rolette	150 MW	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Brady II Wind Energy Center	Stark	150 MW	Brady Wind II, LLC
Brady Wind Energy Center	Stark	150 MW	Brady Wind, LLC
Foxtail Wind, LLC	Dickey	150 MW	Foxtail Wind, LLC
Lindahl Wind Project, LLC	Williams	150 MW	Lindahl Wind Project LLC
Merricourt Wind Energy Center	McIntosh	150 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
Rugby Wind Power Project	Pierce	149 MW	Avangrid Power LLC
FPL Energy Ashtabula Wind LLC	Barnes	148.5 MW	FPL Energy Ashtabula Wind LLC
Ashtabula Wind II LLC	Steele	120 MW	Ashtabula Wind II LLC
Langdon Renewables, LLC	Cavalier	118.5 MW	FPL Energy Langdon Wind LLC
Prairie Winds ND1	Ward	115.5 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
Glen Ullin Energy Center	Morton	106.7 MW	ALLETE Clean Energy
Spiritwood Station	Stutsman	106.2 MW	Great River Energy
Bison 2 Wind Energy Center	Morton	105 MW	ALLETE, Inc.
Bison 3 Wind Energy Center	Morton	105 MW	ALLETE, Inc.
Sunflower Wind Project	Morton	104 MW	Onward Energy
Baldwin Wind LLC	Burleigh	102.4 MW	Baldwin Wind LLC
New Frontier Wind	McHenry	100 MW	Meadowlark Wind I LLC
Oliver Wind III, LLC	Morton	99.3 MW	Oliver Wind III, LLC
Bison I Wind Energy Center	Morton	81.8 MW	ALLETE, Inc.
Ashtabula Wind III LLC	Barnes	62.4 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
FPL Energy North Dakota Wind I/II	LaMoure	61.5 MW	FPL Energy North Dakota Wind LLC
FPL Energy Oliver Wind I LLC	Oliver	50.6 MW	FPL Energy Oliver County Wind
FPL Energy Burleigh County Wind	Burleigh	49.5 MW	FPL Energy Burleigh County Wind LLC
Luverne Wind Energy Center	Steele	49.5 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
Wilton Wind II LLC	Burleigh	49.5 MW	Wilton Wind II LLC
Jamestown	Stutsman	48.2 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
Ashtabula Wind Energy Center	Barnes	48 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
FPL Energy Oliver Wind II LLC	Oliver	48 MW	FPL Energy Oliver County Wind II LLC
Langdon Wind Energy Center	Cavalier	40.5 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
Langdon Wind II LLC	Cavalier	40.5 MW	FPL Energy Langdon Wind LLC
Cedar Hills Wind Farm	Bowman	19.5 MW	Montana-Dakota Utilities Co
American Crystal Sugar Hillsboro	Traill	13.3 MW	American Crystal Sugar Co
Velva Windfarm LLC	McHenry	11.9 MW	Acciona Wind Energy USA LLC
Enderlin	Ransom	9.8 MW	Archer Daniels Midland Co
Tesoro Mandan Cogeneration Plant	Morton	9.3 MW	Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co LLC
American Crystal Sugar Drayton	Pembina	6 MW	American Crystal Sugar Co
Glen Ullin Station 6	Morton	5.3 MW	Montana-Dakota Utilities Co
Minot Wind Project	Ward	4.5 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
Grafton	Walsh	4 MW	City of Grafton - (ND)
Hillsboro	Traill	4 MW	City of Hillsboro - (ND)
Marvin Composites	Cass	2.5 MW	Marvin Composites
Kindred School	Cass	2 MW	Kindred Public School
Dakota Magic	Richland	1.5 MW	Dakota Magic Casino
Abercrombie Solar	Richland	0 MW	Otter Tail Power Co
Badger Wind, LLC	McIntosh	0 MW	Badger Wind , LLC
Bison Generation Station	Williams	0 MW	Basin Electric Power Coop
Emmons-Logan Energy Storage	Emmons	0 MW	Emmons-Logan Energy Storage, LLC
New Salem Wind I	Morton	0 MW	New Salem Wind I
New Salem Wind II	Morton	0 MW	New Salem Wind II
Northern Divide Energy Storage	Burke	0 MW	Northern Divide Energy Storage, LLC
Red Butte Wind	Morton	0 MW	Red Butte Wind