# Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant

MISO asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/prairie-island-nuclear-generating-plant

Northern States Power Co - Minnesota - Goodhue County - MISO

Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant is a nuclear station in Goodhue County, Minnesota, associated with the MISO registry. The EIA plant baseline lists 1,186.2 MW of nameplate capacity. Xcel Energy describes two units with 1,100 MW of combined capacity. On August 14, 2025, Xcel said the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved its application for increased spent-fuel storage; its separate planned Nuclear Regulatory Commission license-extension filing remains a future company action.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 1186.2 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 1925 — plant-1925

## Facts

- **Technology:** Nuclear
- **Operator:** Northern States Power Co - Minnesota

## Sources

- [newsroom.xcelenergy.com](https://newsroom.xcelenergy.com/news/prairie-island-nuclear-plant-advances-toward-20-more-years-of-operations) — newsroom.xcelenergy.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [eia.gov](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/) — eia.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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