This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of North Dakota, sorted by type and name. In 2021, North Dakota had a total summer capacity of 9,187 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 42,176 GWh.^[2] The corresponding electrical energy generation mix was 57.1% coal, 3.5% natural gas, 5.2% hydroelectric and 34.1% wind. Petroleum liquids and waste-heat recovery generated most of the remaining 0.2%.^[1]

North Dakota contains the world's largest known deposit of lignite coal, and hosted 4% of U.S. coal extraction in year 2019. It ranked second behind the state of Texas in U.S. crude oil extraction.^[3] Natural gas extraction has been growing as well, and exceeded 1 trillion cubic feet for the first time.^[4]

North Dakota oil extraction included the flaring of over 200 billion cubic feet of associated petroleum gas in year 2019.^[5] Operations were widely distributed throughout the Bakken Formation which underlays the northwest region of the state. This record-high volume of wasted natural gas could have generated over 30,000 GWh of electrical energy, an amount equal to three-quarters of the state's total generation.^[6]

North Dakota had no utility-scale plants that used fissile material as a fuel in 2019.^[1]

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.^[7]

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.^[7]