# Garden Wind LLC

MISO asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/garden-wind-llc

## Current generation inventory

EIA plant 57469 · Inventory reporting month: 2026-08.

- wind: 150 MW operating nameplate
- Capacity basis: operating_generator_nameplate_mw
- Source inventory: [EIA-860M workbook (preliminary)](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/xls/august_generator2026.xlsx)
- Inventory retrieved: 2026-10-10T22:49:53.020309+00:00
- Filed coordinate (longitude, latitude): -93.37363, 42.224436
- OSM extract: 2026-10-09T20:21:04Z
- OSM mapped edit: 2022-12-04 14:43:24+00:00
- Map prepared: 2026-10-10T23:05:27.028564+00:00

Battery power (MW) and stored energy (MWh) are separate measures. Shared physical-site membership does not establish electrical connectivity, settlement or a common export limit.

## Reviewed overview

Garden Wind LLC is a 150 MW onshore wind turbine plant in Hardin County. Garden Wind is a wind generating facility in Hardin County, Iowa, owned through Garden Wind, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. It began commercial operation in 2009 and is reported at a nameplate capacity of 160 MW. The facility interconnects with the ITC Midwest transmission system in MISO under a large generator interconnection agreement, and FERC authorized market-based rates for it in 2010. In 2020 Garden Wind filed a MISO reactive power compensation rate schedule for the facility.

## Reviewed metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 150 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 57469 — plant-57469

## Facts

- **Technology:** Onshore Wind Turbine
- **Operator:** Garden Wind, LLC

## Related parties

- **Owner / operator / market participant:** Garden Wind, LLC — owner
- **Parent company:** NextEra Energy, Inc. — parent_company ([source](https://www.nexteraenergy.com))
- **Transmission owner / interconnecting utility:** ITC Midwest, LLC — interconnecting_utility ([source](https://www.itc-holdings.com))
- **Market participant / balancing authority:** Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. — balancing_authority ([source](https://www.misoenergy.org))

## Sources

- [cms.ferc.gov](https://cms.ferc.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/20200424101128-ER20-1062-000.pdf) — cms.ferc.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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