# Brainerd Public Utilities — Planned US generating-unit retirements: which plant and unit is scheduled to close, in which month, and what has been published before

For Brainerd Public Utilities, eia plant id is 50636; generator id is 4; planned retirement year is 2028; planned retirement month is 12; eia entity id is 2138, verified against its source on 2026-08-11.

- **Plant:** Brainerd Public Utilities _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EIA plant ID:** 50636 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Generator ID:** 4 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Planned retirement year:** 2028 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Planned retirement month:** 12 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Operator:** Brainerd Public Utilities _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EIA entity ID:** 2138 _(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):** 0.6 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Technology:** Conventional Hydroelectric _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Fuel code:** WAT _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Prime mover:** HY _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EPM edition:** May 2026 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 2028 | 12 | 2138 | Brainerd Public Utilities | Electric Utility | Brainerd Public Utilities | MN | 50636 | 4 | 0.6 | Conventional Hydroelectric | WAT | HY |

## Source

- https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=table_6_06

Last verified: 2026-08-11. Review by: 2026-09-20.
Part of [Planned US generating-unit retirements: which plant and unit is scheduled to close, in which month, and what has been published before](https://referencesource.org/power-plant-retirement-schedule/).