POWEREDBYWHO
· STATE FILE · MN
EIA RATE DATA AS OF 2026-02
FOLLOW THE MONEY IN
Minnesota
27 data-center projects on file — 2.3 GW of nameplate capacity, $5.7B in announced investment. Federal data on what residents are paying for the grid to serve them, sourced from the EIA Electric Power Monthly.
Avg residential bill
$116
/ month
Per household · 2026-02
Sales to industrial
28.9%
of state kWh
Factories + data centers · 2026-02
Residential rate rank
#28
of 51
Mid-pack on residential price
10yr rate climb
+28%
#42 of 51
Climbed slower than the US since 2016
Largest power plant
1.56 GW
· coal
Sherburne County · Sherburne County
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What residents pay
EIA · Electric Power Monthly
Minnesota · residential · latest
15.39¢/kWh
↑ +5.4% YoY
As of Single month · 2026-02
Minnesota · residential · 2026 YTD avg
15.17¢/kWh
↑ +4.2% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
US national · residential · 2026 YTD avg
17.54¢/kWh
↑ +8.5% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
§ 02
How the grid runs
Net generation · 2026-02
Where Minnesota's electricity actually comes from. Each fuel source as a share of total state generation in the most recent reported month.
MINNESOTA · GENERATION MIX · 2026-02
4.71 TWh net · all sectors
§ 03
Supply vs demand
EIA-860M generator inventory · projects pipeline
Minnesota is staring at an 1.9 GW energy shortfall: 2.0 GW of data-center load is under construction or permitted in the state, but utilities have only 28 MW of new generation in the EIA-860M pipeline to serve it. (For scale, the state's already-running data-center load is 30 MW.) On the way out: Sherburne County — 680 MW of coal, retiring 2026-12.
Two bars, one scale. Demand is sorted by certainty — under construction first, then permitted, then proposed. The dashed rule marks where the supply pipeline runs out; everything to the right of it is demand on file with no supply filed against it.
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Data-center load
27 projects
Projects on file
27
published (excludes draft / archived)
Nameplate MW
2.28 GW
≈ 10 GWh/yr at 50% load
Announced investment
$5.7B
aggregate disclosed capex
§ 05
Local voices on data centers
3 statements
SUPPORT · 2025-06
“This is the beginning of how we can bring a new industrial age that is one that we are going to control.”
— State Sen. Ann Rest (D)SOURCE ↗
OPPOSE · 2025-06
“I am anti-tax breaks for billionaires. When we are saying that we are trying to incentivize people to come to our state to build these facilities, we are saying that the tax burden is going to lie on our constituents.”
— State Rep. Athena Hollins (D)SOURCE ↗
SUPPORT · 2025-06
“This is going to create an environment where we can be the host state of a tremendous amount of private capital investment in many parts of our state.”
— State Rep. Shane Mekeland (R)SOURCE ↗
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Follow the money in Minnesota
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.
Follow the money in MN
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.