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x i <br /> .+s <br /> i <br /> �.a ' <br /> Faribault Energy Park �:- <br /> •*� r <br /> Faribault Energy Park (FEP) is the flagship of = ' °� '°� <br /> �, a. ' .: � . � .,�,. - ain't'. .',%' <br /> " <br /> MMPA's power generation resource portfolio. <br /> The 300 MW combined-cycle facility, located in .. <br /> Faribault, Minnesota, provides clean, efficient <br /> _.,_„,gym <br /> power for the Agency. " ` <br /> " <br /> The facility produces electricity primarily from < --- ' • t <br /> natural gas but also uses fuel oil as backup = — : <br /> fuel. FEP is a peaking facility and provides u .d �, w ' <br /> approximately 70% of the Agency's capacity - " - Y �,.R* ` -' <br /> requirements. y fir, �� <br /> FEP is a community asset that in addition to11, ; Nr , <br /> power supply, provides education, recreation, ' ` ' ,}7y- <br /> and aesthetic beauty. Students and area "ti-l--,1 <br /> vii thefacility's .7; � ''r� <br /> residents are welcomed to visit #_ <br /> 35 acres of park-like wetlands and walking _ " <br /> trails. While on site, guests are able to view the �'� ff <br /> � <br /> control room and the steam turbine from an � <br /> observation area. In addition, visitors can also say — _, <br /> view educational displays, a wind turbine, and <br /> a solar array, and can even drop a fishing line <br /> into one of the ponds. <br /> Minnesota River Station <br /> The Minnesota River Station is a 49 MW power <br /> plant that provides local, reliable, peaking <br /> power for the Agency. The simple-cycle facility <br /> entered service in 2001. The plant is located FEP won a 2016 Best Practices t' <br /> in, and owned by, the member community of Award from Combined Cycle <br /> Journal. The award recognized the <br /> Chaska. The Agency has a long-term lease with plant's man-made ponds' unique <br /> the City of Chaska for the facility through 2031. ability to reclaim storm water and <br /> help build community relations. <br /> ir e <br /> 20,6 MMPA Annual Report 11 <br /> 9 <br />