Hoot Lake

Fergus Falls, MN.

Three coal-fired (western subbituminous) units and one hydroelectric unit.

Owned by Otter Tail Power Company.

Completed in 1948, 1959, and 1964, the coal-fired units have capacities of 8, 64, and 84 megawatts respectively. The hydro unit, which began producing electrity in 1919, generates slightly less than 1 megawatt.

For more information, contact Otter Tail Power Company's Public Relations Department at 218-739-8297.

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