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

For Black Dog, eia plant id is 1904; generator id is 6-1; planned retirement year is 2058; planned retirement month is 12; operator is Northern States Power Co - Minnesota, verified against its source on 2026-08-11.

- **Plant:** Black Dog _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EIA plant ID:** 1904 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Generator ID:** 6-1 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Planned retirement year:** 2058 _(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):** 209.0 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Technology:** Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Fuel code:** NG _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Prime mover:** GT _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **EPM edition:** May 2026 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 2058 | 12 | 13781 | Northern States Power Co - Minnesota | Electric Utility | Black Dog | MN | 1904 | 6-1 | 209.0 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | NG | GT |

## 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/).