List of power stations in South Dakota
This list includes hydroelectric, fossil-fuel, wind, and other power stations in South Dakota. South Dakota generating stations had a combined summer capacity of 3105 MW in 2008.
| Plant Name | Location | Capacity | Fuel | Energy distributor | Remarks |
| Spirit Mound | Vermillion | 120 | Oil | Basin Electric Power Cooperative | Peaking. Two units, started 1978 |
| Chamberlain Wind Project | Brule | 2.6 | Wind | Basin Electric Power Coop | Started 2002 |
| Groton Generating Station | Brown | 192 | Gas | Basin Electric Power Coop | Started 2006 |
| Deer Creek | Brookings | 300 | Gas | Basin Electric Power Coop | Under construction, 2012 expected start date |
| Wetonka | 5.5 | Waste heat | Basin Electric Power Coop | Natural gas pipeline compressor waste heat recovery, started 2006 | |
| Clark | 5.5 | Waste heat | Basin Electric Power Coop | started 2006 | |
| Estelline | 5.5 | Waste heat | Basin Electric Power Coop | started 2006 | |
| Ben French | Pennington | 25 | Coal | Black Hills Corp | Started 1961, closed 2014 |
| Lange Gas Turbines | Pennington | 40 | Gas | Black Hills Corp | |
| Titan Wind Phase 1 | Hand | 25 | Wind | BP Alternative Energy | Started 2009, part of 5000MW Titan Wind Project |
| City of Ft. Pierre | Stanley | 6 | Diesel | Missouri River Energy Services | |
| South Dakota Wind Energy Center | Hyde | 40.5 | Wind | NextEra Energy Resources | Start 2003 |
| Day County Wind Energy Center | Groton | 99 | Wind | NextEra Energy Resources | Start 2010 |
| Watertown Power Plant | Codington | 48.75 | Combustion Turbine | Missouri River Energy Services | |
| Angus Anson | Minnehaha | 210 | Gas | Xcel Energy | |
| Aberdeen CT | Brown | 28.8 | Northwestern Energy | ||
| Clark | Clark | 2.7 | Northwestern Energy | ||
| Faulkton | Faulkton | 2.7 | Northwestern Energy | ||
| Highmore | Hyde | 4.6 | Northwestern Energy | ||
| Huron | Beadle | 57.9 | Gas | Northwestern Energy | |
| Mobile Unit | Beadle | 2.2 | Northwestern Energy | ||
| Redfield | Spink | 3.9 | Northwestern Energy | ||
| Webster | Day | 2.6 | Northwestern Energy | ||
| Yankton | Yankton | 13.4 | Northwestern Energy | ||
| Lake Preston | Kingsbury | 26 | Oil | Otter Tail | Combustion turbine |
| Big Stone | Milbank | 475 | Coal | Otter Tail | Started 1981 |
| Oahe Dam | Hughes | 784 | Hydro | United States Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District | |
| Fort Randall Dam | Charles Mix | 320 | Hydro | United States Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District | |
| Big Bend Dam | Buffalo | 494.1 | Hydro | United States Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District | |
| Gavins Point Dam | Yankton | 132 | Hydro | United States Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District | |
| Minn Dakota Wind LLC | 150 | Wind | PPM Energy |
Future and former power stations
- Deer Creek, near Brookings, 300 MW, natural gas
- Johnson Siding Dam decommissioned 1930's
- Northern States Power Company Pathfinder Repowered former nuclear plant, converted to gas and oil in 1968, no longer operating