# Black Dog unit 5, MN — planned retirement, EIA data for June 2026

For Black Dog unit 5, MN, planned retirement year is 2031; planned retirement month is 12; net summer capacity (mw) is 165; technology is Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle; fuel code is NG; operator is Northern States Power Co - Minnesota, verified against its source on 2026-09-24.

- **Plant:** Black Dog _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EIA plant ID:** 1904 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Generator ID:** 5 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Planned retirement year:** 2031 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Planned retirement month:** 12 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Operator:** Northern States Power Co - Minnesota _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EIA entity ID:** 13781 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Producer type:** Electric Utility _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **State:** MN _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Net summer capacity (MW):** 165 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Technology:** Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Fuel code:** NG _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Prime mover:** CT _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EPM edition:** June 2026 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> 2031 | 12 | 13781 | Northern States Power Co - Minnesota | Electric Utility | Black Dog | MN | 1904 | 5 | 165 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | NG | CT

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### EPM edition

> Table 1.1. Net Generation by Energy Source: Total (All Sectors), 2016-June 2026

## Source

- https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/archive/august2026.zip

Last verified: 2026-09-24. Review by: 2026-11-03.
Part of [Planned US generating-unit retirements, as EIA published them in one named month's Electric Power Monthly](https://referencesource.org/power-plant-retirement-schedule/).