Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.

Balancing Authority Summary Information

Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. is ranked #2 out of 64 balancing authorities in terms of total annual electricity generation.

Balancing Authority	Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
States	Arkansas Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana North Dakota South Dakota Texas Wisconsin
Last Update	Oct 2026
Annual Generation	677.7 TWh
Power Plants	3,095
Utilities	1,372
Ranked #2 out of 64 in terms of net annual generation
Ranked #2 out of 53 in terms of annual generation from natural gas
Power Plant Types	Natural Gas \| 37.1% Coal \| 26.2% Wind \| 15% Nuclear \| 13.8% Solar \| 6.1% Water \| 1.4% Other Fuel \| 0.5%

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Daily Net Generation for Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. for the past 3 Years

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Plant Name	Utility	Location	Annual Generation	Plant Date	Last Update	Fuel Types
Newton	Illinois Power Generating Co	Newton, IL	3 TWh	Oct 1977	Jul 2026	Subbituminous Coal : 99.8%
Coal Creek	Rainbow Energy Center	Underwood, ND	8 TWh	May 1979	Jul 2026	Refined Coal : 99.9%
Belle River	DTE Electric Company	China Twp, MI	4 TWh	Oct 1981	Jul 2026	Subbituminous Coal : 67.9% Natural Gas : 31.7%
Greenwood (MI)	DTE Electric Company	Avoca, MI	2 TWh	Jun 1979	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Big Cajun 2	Louisiana Generating LLC	New Roads, LA	1 TWh	Jun 1981	Jul 2026	Subbituminous Coal : 74.8% Natural Gas : 25.2%
R D Morrow	Cooperative Energy	Purvis, MS	3 TWh	Mar 1978	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Grand Gulf	System Energy Resources, Inc	Port Gibson, MS	10 TWh	Jun 1985	Jul 2026	Nuclear
R M Schahfer	Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co	Wheatfield, IN	773 GWh	Nov 1976	Jul 2026	Bituminous Coal : 97.4% Natural Gas : 2.6%
Lewis & Clark	Montana-Dakota Utilities Co	Richland, MT	12 GWh	Sep 1958	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Sherburne County	Northern States Power Co - Minnesota	Becker, MN	6 TWh	Mar 1976	Jul 2026	Subbituminous Coal : 99.8%
Big Stone	Otter Tail Power Co	Big Stone City, SD	2 TWh	Apr 1975	Jul 2026	Subbituminous Coal : 99.7%
Gibson	Duke Energy Indiana, LLC	Owensville, IN	11 TWh	Mar 1975	Jul 2026	Bituminous Coal : 99.6%
A B Brown	Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co	Mount Vernon, IN	753 GWh	Feb 1979	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Callaway	Union Electric Co - (MO)	Fulton, MO	10 TWh	Nov 1984	Jul 2026	Nuclear
Brame Energy Center	Cleco Power LLC	Lena, LA	4 TWh	May 1975	Jul 2026	Subbituminous Coal : 49.2% Natural Gas : 35.7% Petroleum Coke : 10.7% Bituminous Coal : 4.4%
Ottumwa	Interstate Power and Light Co	Ottumwa, IA	4 TWh	Apr 1981	Jul 2026	Subbituminous Coal : 99.6%
River Bend	Entergy Louisiana LLC	St. Francisville, LA	8 TWh	May 1986	Jul 2026	Nuclear
R D Green	Big Rivers Electric Corp	Robards, KY	491 GWh	Nov 1979	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Independence Steam Electric Station	Entergy Arkansas LLC	Newark, AR	7 TWh	Dec 1982	Jul 2026	Subbituminous Coal : 99.9%
Louisa	MidAmerican Energy Co	Muscatine, IA	4 TWh	Sep 1983	Jul 2026	Subbituminous Coal : 99.4% Natural Gas : 0.6%
Warrick	AGC Division of APGI Inc	Newburgh, IN	3 TWh	Mar 1960	Jul 2026	Bituminous Coal : 97.9% Natural Gas : 2.1%
D B Wilson	Big Rivers Electric Corp	Centertown, KY	1 TWh	Aug 1984	Jul 2026	Bituminous Coal : 98.9% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.1%
George Neal South	MidAmerican Energy Co	Salix, IA	2 TWh	Jun 1979	Jul 2026	Subbituminous Coal : 99.0% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.0%
State Farm	State Farm Insurance	Bloomington, IL	30 MWh	Sep 1996	Jul 2026	Distillate Fuel Oil
Columbia (WI)	Wisconsin Power & Light Co	Pardeville, WI	5 TWh	Apr 1975	Jul 2026	Subbituminous Coal : 99.9%
Emery Station	Interstate Power and Light Co	Clear Lake, IA	2 TWh	Apr 2004	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Arkansas Nuclear One	Entergy Arkansas LLC	Russellville, AR	14 TWh	Nov 1974	Jul 2026	Nuclear
Coyote	Otter Tail Power Co	Beulah, ND	2 TWh	Apr 1981	Jul 2026	Lignite Coal : 99.8%
Covanta Hennepin Energy	Covanta Energy Co	Minneapolis, MN	214 GWh	Sep 1989	Jul 2026	Non-biogenic Municipal Solid Waste : 54.5% Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste : 44.6% Natural Gas : 0.8%
CF Industries Yazoo City Complex	CF Industries Nitrogen LLC	Yazoo City, MS	88 GWh	Jun 1984	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam	Mosaic Phosphates Co.	Uncle Sam, LA	99 GWh	Dec 1967	Jul 2026	Waste Heat : 91.7% Natural Gas : 8.3%
Escanaba Mill	Billerud Escanaba LLC	Escanaba, MI	455 GWh	Dec 1968	Jul 2026	Black Liquor : 46.5% Natural Gas : 31.7% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 21.0% Residual Fuel Oil : 0.7%
T B Simon Power Plant	Michigan State University	East Lansing, MI	274 GWh	Nov 1965	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Consumer Operations LLC	Georgia-Pacific Consumer Oper. Green Bay LLC	Green Bay, WI	242 GWh	Dec 1953	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Anheuser-Busch St Louis	Anheuser-Busch Inc	St. Louis, MO	38 GWh	Dec 1938	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 93.0% Other Biomass Gas : 7.0%
Expander Turbine	Cleveland Cliffs	East Chicago, IN	86 GWh	Apr 1981	Jul 2026	Blast Furnace Gas
Boise Cascade International Falls	Boise White Paper LLC	International Falls, MN	338 GWh	Dec 1926	Jul 2026	Black Liquor : 63.6% Natural Gas : 22.5% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 12.6% Sludge Waste : 1.3%
International Falls Power	Boise White Paper LLC	International Falls, MN	57 GWh	Dec 1923	Jul 2026	Water
Midland Cogeneration Venture	Midland Cogeneration Venture	Midland, MI	10 TWh	May 1989	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Sabine River Operations	The Dow Chemical Company	Orange, TX	2 TWh	Dec 1947	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 99.7%
Archer Daniels Midland Clinton	Archer Daniels Midland Co	Clinton, IA	699 GWh	Jan 2009	Jul 2026	Subbituminous Coal : 88.8% Other Biomass Solids : 7.0% Bituminous Coal : 4.2%
Archer Daniels Midland Cedar Rapids	Archer Daniels Midland Co	Cedar Rapids, IA	1 TWh	Oct 1988	Jul 2026	Subbituminous Coal : 59.1% Natural Gas : 26.7% Bituminous Coal : 14.2%
Archer Daniels Midland Decatur	Archer Daniels Midland Co	Decatur, IL	917 GWh	Mar 1987	Jul 2026	Bituminous Coal : 64.8% Subbituminous Coal : 35.0%
University of Northern Iowa	University of Northern Iowa	Cedar Falls, IA	25 GWh	Oct 1982	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 71.8% Petroleum Coke : 19.8% Bituminous Coal : 8.2%
Dow St Charles Operations	Dow Chemical Co - St Charles	Taft, LA	2 TWh	Nov 1996	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 98.9% Other Gas : 1.1%
Purdue University	Purdue University	West Lafayette, IN	129 GWh	Dec 1968	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 94.3% Bituminous Coal : 5.7%
Alpena Cement Plant	Amrize Cement Inc.	Alpena, MI	212 GWh	Dec 1951	Jul 2026	Petroleum Coke : 86.9% Natural Gas : 13.1%
Georgia-Pacific Corp - Nekoosa Mill	Domtar Industries Inc	Nekoosa, WI	153 GWh	Dec 1911	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 42.7% Black Liquor : 41.6% Water : 15.7%
Menominee Mill Marinette	Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC	Menominee, MI	9 GWh	Dec 1923	Jul 2026	Water
University of Michigan	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	232 GWh	Dec 1974	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
PPG Riverside	Westlake 2 US LLC	Lake Charles, LA	127 GWh	Aug 1947	Jul 2026	Purchased Steam
PPG Powerhouse C	Westlake 2 US LLC	Lake Charles, LA	1 TWh	Jul 1977	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 99.9%
Omega Hills Gas Recovery	WM Renewable Energy LLC	Germantown, WI	78 GWh	Nov 1985	Jul 2026	Landfill Gas
Mosinee Mill	Ahlstrom-Munksjo NA Specialty Solutions, LLC	Mosinee, WI	95 GWh	Jun 1916	Jul 2026	Black Liquor : 41.5% Natural Gas : 27.8% Water : 14.2% Bituminous Coal : 10.5% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 4.7% Sludge Waste : 1.1%
ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery	ExxonMobil Oil Corp	Beaumont, TX	4 TWh	Dec 1965	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 96.6% Other Gas : 3.4%
Sappi Cloquet Mill	Sappi Cloquet LLC	Cloquet, MN	460 GWh	Dec 1928	Jul 2026	Black Liquor : 62.4% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 17.5% Natural Gas : 16.2% Water : 3.0% Distillate Fuel Oil : 0.5%
TES Filer City Station	TES Filer City Station LP	Filer City, MI	322 GWh	Apr 1990	Jul 2026	Bituminous Coal : 67.5% Natural Gas : 20.1% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 12.4%
Kent County Waste to Energy Facility	Kent County - (MI)	Grand Rapids, MI	78 GWh	Sep 1989	Jul 2026	Non-biogenic Municipal Solid Waste : 54.7% Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste : 44.7% Natural Gas : 0.6%
Sagamore Plant Cogeneration	Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas Inc	Lafayette, IN	23 GWh	Sep 1984	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Rhinelander Mill	Ahlstrom-Munksjo	Rhinelander, WI	8 GWh	Nov 1917	Jul 2026	Water
Caterpillar	Caterpillar Inc	Lafayette, IN	21 GWh	Nov 1983	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
MU Combined Heat and Power Plant	Curators of the University of Missouri	Columbia, MO	197 GWh	Jun 1961	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 77.6% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 20.6% Bituminous Coal : 1.8%
Motiva Enterprises Port Arthur Refinery	Motiva Enterprises LLC	Port Arthur, TX	2 TWh	May 1957	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 90.7% Other Gas : 9.3%
Mansfield Mill	IPC-Mansfield Mill	Mansfield, LA	835 GWh	Sep 1981	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 52.9% Black Liquor : 33.9% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 12.0% Tire-derived Fuels : 1.2%
Kaukauna Paper Mill	Thilmany LLC	Kaukauna, WI	92 GWh	Dec 1950	Jul 2026	Black Liquor : 50.3% Natural Gas : 49.7%
International Paper Vicksburg Mill	International Paper Co-Vicksbg	Vicksburg, MS	204 GWh	Dec 1966	Jul 2026	Black Liquor : 54.2% Natural Gas : 31.2% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 14.6%
Port Edwards Mill	Domtar Industries Inc	Port Edwards, WI	37 GWh	Dec 1912	Jul 2026	Water
Iowa State University	Iowa State University	Ames, IA	72 GWh	Sep 1960	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 97.7% Distillate Fuel Oil : 2.3%
Franklin Heating Station	Franklin Heating Station	Rochester, MN	63 GWh	Dec 1950	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 81.5% Purchased Steam : 17.2% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.3%
Saint Marys Hospital Power Plant	St Mary's Hospital	Rochester, MN	56 GWh	Dec 1970	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 99.0% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.0%
West Group Data Center	CADC MSP01, LLC	Eagan, MN	37 MWh	Apr 2005	Jul 2026	Distillate Fuel Oil
Chickadee G-3	Chickadee 3-G Purchaser LLC	Beaumont, TX	216 GWh	Feb 1987	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 98.4% Waste/Other Oil : 1.6%
John Deere Dubuque Works	John Deere Dubuque Works	Dubuque, IA	52 MWh	May 1994	Jul 2026	Distillate Fuel Oil
Gaylord Container Bogalusa	Temple-Inland Corp	Bogalusa, LA	432 GWh	May 1979	Jul 2026	Black Liquor : 56.9% Wood/Wood Waste Solids : 36.6% Natural Gas : 6.5%
Warner Lambert	University of Michigan NCampus Research	Ann Arbor, MI	24 GWh	Jul 1989	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Metro Methane Recovery Facility	WM Renewable Energy LLC	Mitchellville, IA	83 GWh	Dec 1997	Jul 2026	Landfill Gas
Alliant SBD 9201 Norplex	Industrial Energy Applications Inc	Postville, IA	30 MWh	Nov 1988	Jul 2026	Distillate Fuel Oil
Alliant SBD 9107 JBS USA	Industrial Energy Applications Inc	Marshalltown, IA	45 MWh	Jul 1992	Jul 2026	Distillate Fuel Oil
Alliant SBD 9203 Profol	American Profol Incorporated	Cedar Rapids, IA	33 MWh	Aug 1996	Jul 2026	Distillate Fuel Oil
Hendricks Regional Health	Hendricks Regional Health	Danville, IN	18 MWh	Aug 1992	Jul 2026	Distillate Fuel Oil
MMSD Jones Island Wastewater	Milwaukee Metro Sewerage Dist	Milwaukee, WI	83 GWh	Dec 1970	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 87.1% Landfill Gas : 11.9% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.0%
Southwestern Bell Telephone	AT&T	St. Louis, MO	58 MWh	Jan 1992	Jul 2026	Distillate Fuel Oil
Pine Tree Acres	NextEra Renewable Fuels, LLC	Lenox Twp, MI	56 GWh	May 1998	Jul 2026	Landfill Gas
Whitewater Generating Station	Wisconsin Electric Power Co	Whitewater, WI	230 GWh	Aug 1997	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 99.0% Distillate Fuel Oil : 1.0%
Westlake Plaquemine	Westlake Chemicals & Vinyls LLC	Plaquemine, LA	1 TWh	Apr 1997	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 99.3% Other Gas : 0.7%
Heat Recovery Coke Facility	Cokenergy Inc	East Chicago, IN	413 GWh	Mar 1998	Jul 2026	Waste Heat
Pine Bluff Energy Center	Pine Bluff Energy LLC	Pine Bluff, AR	1 TWh	Jul 2001	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Zeeland Generating Station	Consumers Energy Co - (MI)	Zeeland, MI	6 TWh	May 2001	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Dearborn Industrial Generation	Dearborn Industrial Gen Inc	Dearborn, MI	5 TWh	May 1999	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Taft Cogeneration Facility	Occidental Chemical Corporation	Hahnville, LA	6 TWh	Jun 2002	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 97.3% Other Gas : 2.7%
RS Cogen	Westlake 2 US LLC	Lake Charles, LA	3 TWh	Nov 2002	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Thomson Reuters Campus Bldg A-D	Thomson Corp	Eagan, MN	43 MWh	Mar 1999	Jul 2026	Distillate Fuel Oil
Acadia Energy Center	Cleco Power LLC	Eunice, LA	6 TWh	Jun 2002	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Hinds Energy Facility	Entergy Mississippi LLC	Jackson, MS	2 TWh	Apr 2001	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Attala	Entergy Mississippi LLC	Sallis, MS	3 TWh	Feb 2001	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Montpelier Electric Generating Station	Kimura Power LLC	Poneto, IN	231 GWh	May 2001	Jul 2026	Natural Gas : 99.1% Distillate Fuel Oil : 0.9%
Whiting Clean Energy	BP Alternative Energy	Whiting, IN	3 TWh	Mar 2002	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Jackson Generating Station	Consumers Energy Co - (MI)	Jackson, MI	2 TWh	Jun 2002	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Holland Energy Facility	NAES Corporation - (WA)	Beecher City, IL	3 TWh	Aug 2002	Jul 2026	Natural Gas
Jack Fusco Energy Center	Brazos Valley Energy	Thompsons, TX	4 TWh	Apr 2003	Jul 2026	Natural Gas

Surrounding Balancing Authorities

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#61	Alcoa Power Generating, Inc. - Yadkin Division	433.0 GWh	4
#26	Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.	22.9 TWh	47
#13	Duke Energy Carolinas	113.4 TWh	578
#50	Duke Energy Progress West	4.6 TWh	15
#23	Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company	34.2 TWh	25
#1	PJM Interconnection, LLC	890.9 TWh	2,806
#6	Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans	259.3 TWh	423
#5	Southwest Power Pool	314.5 TWh	876
#53	Southwestern Power Administration	3.5 TWh	37
#9	Tennessee Valley Authority	166.2 TWh	209

Balancing Authorities with Similar Net Generation

Rank	Balancing Authority	Annual Net Generation	# Power Plants
#1	PJM Interconnection, LLC	890.9 TWh	2,806
#2	Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.	677.7 TWh	3,095
#3	Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.	506.3 TWh	1,487
#5	Southwest Power Pool	314.5 TWh	876
#6	Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans	259.3 TWh	423
#7	California Independent System Operator	168.7 TWh	2,170
#9	Tennessee Valley Authority	166.2 TWh	209
#10	Florida Power & Light Co.	153.0 TWh	188
#12	New York Independent System Operator	134.1 TWh	1,334
#13	Duke Energy Carolinas	113.4 TWh	578