Heskett Station

Two miles north of Mandan, ND. Two lignite-fired units. Owned and operated by Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.

Unit 1, operational in 1954, has a capacity of 25,000 kilowatts.

Unit 2, operational in 1963, has a capacity of 75,000 kilowatts. Unit 2 was retrofitted to a fluidized-bed combustor in 1987 and has the most operating hours of any utility-size fluidized-bed boiler in the United States.

Uses coal from the Beulah Mine.

Quick Tour of Regional Power Plants:
North Dakota: Antelope Valley Station - Coyote Station - Stanton Station - Leland Olds Station -
Milton R. Young Station - Coal Creek Station - Heskett Station
South Dakota: Big Stone Plant
Minnesota: Black Dog Plant - Boswell Energy Center - High Bridge Plant - Hoot Lake -
Allen S. King Plant - Laskin Energy Center - Riverside - Sherco Plant - Taconite Harbor Energy Center
Montana: Lewis & Clark Station