How many natural gas power plants are in South Dakota?

South Dakota has 11 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 1.6 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest natural gas power plant in South Dakota?

Angus Anson in Minnehaha County, South Dakota is the largest, at 406 MW. It came online in 2005.

How many natural gas power plants were built in South Dakota in 2025?

0 natural gas power plants came online in South Dakota in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.

Who is developing natural gas power plants in South Dakota?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Natural gas power plants in South Dakota

South Dakota has 11 operating natural gas power plants with 1.6 GW of capacity.

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See planned natural gas power plants in South Dakota

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

South Dakota had 7 natural gas power plants online in 2016 and 11 in 2026

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Natural gas power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest natural gas power plants in South Dakota

Operating, by capacity

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Angus Anson	Minnehaha County	2005	406 MW
2	Astoria Station	Deuel County	2021	349 MW
3	Deer Creek Station	Brookings County	2012	324 MW
4	Groton Generation Station	Brown County	2008	216 MW
5	Ben French	Pennington County	1979	100 MW
6	Aberdeen CT	Brown County	2013	82 MW
7	Bob Glanzer Generating Station	Beadle County	2022	69 MW
8	Lange Generating Station	Pennington County	2002	40 MW
9	Yankton	Yankton County	1975	9 MW
10	POET Bioprocessing- Mitchell	Davison County	2021	4 MW

Natural gas power plants that came online most recently in South Dakota

Newest first

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Bob Glanzer Generating Station	Beadle County	2022	69 MW
2	POET Bioprocessing- Mitchell	Davison County	2021	4 MW
3	Astoria Station	Deuel County	2021	349 MW
4	POET Biorefining - Hudson	Lincoln County	2019	4 MW
5	Aberdeen CT	Brown County	2013	82 MW
6	Deer Creek Station	Brookings County	2012	324 MW
7	Groton Generation Station	Brown County	2008	216 MW
8	Angus Anson	Minnehaha County	2005	406 MW
9	Lange Generating Station	Pennington County	2002	40 MW
10	Ben French	Pennington County	1979	100 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks natural gas power plants

Operating natural gas power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about natural gas power plants in South Dakota

How many natural gas power plants are in South Dakota?: South Dakota has 11 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 1.6 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest natural gas power plant in South Dakota?: Angus Anson in Minnehaha County, South Dakota is the largest, at 406 MW. It came online in 2005.
How many natural gas power plants were built in South Dakota in 2025?: 0 natural gas power plants came online in South Dakota in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing natural gas power plants in South Dakota?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.