Query
Lange Generating Station
Type
Entity Briefing
Entity
Lange Generating Station
Generated
2026-10-12T17:12:28.867Z

Briefing on Lange Generating Station

Entity Briefing
Generated Oct 12, 2026·Dataset freshness not reported
140 MW
Capacity
Planned
Current status
2002
Operating since
7
Generators
9.4%
Capacity factor
115 GWh
Annual generation
Briefing/plantPlanned

Lange Generating Station is a 140 MW Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine asset in South Dakota, currently Planned.

Lange Generating Station is reported in South Dakota since 2002 under Black Hills. Available operating and financial measures include 9.4% capacity factor and 115 GWh annual generation; $811/kW reported CapEx.

Location
Pennington, South Dakota
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine, Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
Owner / parent
Black Hills
Operator
Black Hills Power, Inc.
Grid
Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region
Plant ID
55478

What stands out

1

Lange Generating Station is a 140 MW Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine asset in South Dakota with status Planned.

2

Latest annual operating measures report 9.4% capacity factor and 115 GWh annual generation.

3

Available financial measures include $55.3/MWh OpEx, $811/kW CapEx.

4

Latest linked story: “Black Hills Energy fully ends shutoff warning” (Rapid City Journal, 2026-02-17).

Market and operating context

Balancing authority
Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region
NERC region
WECC
State rank
#7 of 12
National rank
#868 of 2,025

Why it matters

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