An Otter Tail Company

Quick facts

Initial operation:
  The company was incorporated in 1907 and began producing electricity in 1909 at Dayton Hollow Dam on the Otter tail River near Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Ownership:
  Otter Tail Power Company is a subisdiary of Otter Tail Corporation, which trades under the symbol OTTR on The NASDAQ Global Select Market.
Headquarters:
  215 South Cascade, Fergus Falls, MN 56537
Total customers: 129,500
  Minnesota 60,700
  North Dakota 57,000
  South Dakota 11,800
Average residential customer uses approximately 12,450 kwh yearly
Employees: Approximately 790
Generating capability: About 798 MW (owned), including our newest resource addition, Luverne Wind Farm.
Coal plants:
  Big Stone Plant - Milbank, South Dakota
  Coyote Station - Beulah, North Dakota
  Hoot Lake Plant - Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Wind power:
  Ashtabula Wind Center - Northeastern Barnes County, North Dakota
  Langdon Wind Energy Center - South of Langdon, North Dakota
  North Dakota Wind II - Near Edgeley, North Dakota
  Luverne Wind Farm - East central North Dakota
Energy mix:
  In 2010 we expect to generate and purchase renewable energy equivalent to about 18 percent of our retail sales.
Transmission lines: About 5,287 miles