Power plants in Wisconsin
271 operating power projects with 19,533 MW of nameplate capacity, from EIA-860M for August 2026.
Projects
271
Nameplate capacity
19,533 MW
Counties with a plant
61
Operators
70
Power markets: MISO prices
Capacity by fuel
Natural gas · 8,171 MW · 39Coal · 4,902 MW · 6Solar · 2,554 MW · 116Nuclear · 1,286 MW · 1Other fuels · 952 MW · 29Wind · 826 MW · 12Hydro · 526 MW · 63Battery storage · 315 MW · 5
MW is nameplate from operating generators and batteries. Plant counts use each project's primary fuel, so a coal and gas plant counts once.
Largest power plants in Wisconsin
Top 50 · All 271 plants| Plant | Primary fuel | MW | County | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Road Generating Station | Coal | 1,403 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin Electric Power Co |
| Point Beach Nuclear Plant | Nuclear | 1,311 | Manitowoc | NextEra Energy Point Beach LLC |
| Port Washington Generating Station | Natural gas | 1,230 | Ozaukee | Wisconsin Electric Power Co |
| Columbia (WI) | Coal | 1,112 | Columbia | Wisconsin Power & Light Co |
| Weston | Coal | 946 | Marathon | Wisconsin Public Service Corp |
| West Riverside Energy Center | Natural gas | 728 | Rock | Wisconsin Power & Light Co |
| Riverside Energy Center | Natural gas | 675 | Rock | Wisconsin Power & Light Co |
| South Oak Creek | Coal | 642 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin Electric Power Co |
| Fox Energy Center | Natural gas | 619 | Outagamie | Wisconsin Public Service Corp |
| RockGen Energy Center | Natural gas | 561 | Dane | Dairyland Power Coop |
Wisconsin power plants by fuel
Solar farms in Wisconsin116 plants · 2,548 MWWind farms in Wisconsin12 plants · 823 MWBattery storage projects in Wisconsin9 projects · 315 MWNatural gas power plants in Wisconsin42 plants · 8,171 MWCoal power plants in Wisconsin6 plants · 4,902 MWHydroelectric power plants in Wisconsin63 plants · 516 MW
Newest plants in Wisconsin
Ordered by the month the first generator began operating.
McFarland Schools Customer HostedSolar · 1.4 MW · Dane County · June 2026Blount BESSBattery storage · 7 MW · Dane County · April 2026Huiskamp BESSBattery storage · 7 MW · Dane County · April 2026West Middleton BESSBattery storage · 7 MW · Dane County · April 2026Strawberry Creek Solar WI, LLCSolar · 6 MW · Kenosha County · April 2026Perch Solar WI, LLCSolar · 6 MW · Winnebago County · February 2026
Counties with the most capacity
Milwaukee County9 plants · 2,368 MWRock County10 plants · 1,826 MWManitowoc County6 plants · 1,708 MWColumbia County5 plants · 1,301 MWOzaukee County2 plants · 1,237 MWMarathon County6 plants · 1,165 MWDane County23 plants · 1,125 MWSheboygan County5 plants · 914 MWOutagamie County12 plants · 826 MW
Largest operators in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Electric Power Co45 plants · 6,229 MW
Wisconsin Power & Light Co31 plants · 5,423 MW
Wisconsin Public Service Corp23 plants · 2,754 MW
NextEra Energy Point Beach LLC1 plant · 1,311 MW
Dairyland Power Coop4 plants · 1,038 MW
Grouped by EIA operator name. Parent companies are not merged.
All 271 plants in Wisconsin, by county
Adams County 2 plants
- Castle Rock Hydro · 15 MW
- Adams PV Plant Solar · 8.3 MW
Ashland County 2 plants
- Bay Front Wood biomass · 47.2 MW
- White River (WI) Hydro · 1 MW
Barron County 6 plants
- Cumberland (WI) Natural gas · 21.2 MW
- Rice Lake Solar Array Solar · 3.8 MW
- Barron Solar Array Solar · 3 MW
- Rice Lake II Solar · 2.8 MW
- Cumberland Solar Solar · 2.5 MW
- Barron Hydro · 0.1 MW
Brown County 4 plants
- De Pere Energy Center Natural gas · 192.3 MW
- Pulliam Natural gas · 91 MW
- Consumer Operations LLC Natural gas · 47.6 MW
- Shirley Wind Wind · 20 MW
Buffalo County 2 plants
- John P Madgett Coal · 387 MW
- Stromland Solar Solar · 3 MW
Burnett County 4 plants
- Grantsburg Diesel Oil · 6.4 MW
- Viola Solar · 2.5 MW
- Clam River Dam Hydro · 1.2 MW
- Danbury Dam Hydro · 1 MW
Chippewa County 12 plants
- Wheaton Natural gas · 298.1 MW
- Elk Mound Natural gas · 71 MW
- Jim Falls Hydro · 59.8 MW
- Wissota Hydro · 39.4 MW
- Cornell Hydro · 35.3 MW
- Holcombe Hydro · 33.9 MW
- Chippewa Falls Hydro · 21.6 MW
- Lake Hallie Solar · 5 MW
- New Auburn DPC Solar Solar · 2.5 MW
- Elk Mound (PV) Solar · 2.5 MW
- Wolf River (Chipewa 1) Solar · 1.5 MW
- Lafayette DPC Solar Solar · 1 MW
Clark County 1 plant
- Popple Creek (Clark 1) Solar · 2 MW
Columbia County 5 plants
- Columbia (WI) Coal · 1,112 MW
- Glacier Hills Wind · 162 MW
- Portage Solar Plant Solar · 11.8 MW
- Kilbourn Hydro · 9.7 MW
- Portage Industrial Battery Battery storage · 5 MW
Dane County 23 plants
- RockGen Energy Center Natural gas · 561 MW
- West Campus Cogeneration Facility Natural gas · 169.3 MW
- Blount Street Natural gas · 100 MW
- Fitchburg Natural gas · 57.6 MW
- Diesel Generators Oil · 54 MW
- Sycamore (WI) Natural gas · 41.6 MW
- O'Brien Solar Fields Solar · 22.1 MW
- Dane County Solar LLC Solar · 17.3 MW
- Nine Springs Natural gas · 16.2 MW
- Dane County Airport Solar Solar · 10.8 MW
- Galactic Wind Wind · 9.9 MW
- UW Madison Charter Street Plant Natural gas · 9.7 MW
- Hermsdorf Solar Solar · 8 MW
- Blount BESS Battery storage · 7 MW
- Huiskamp BESS Battery storage · 7 MW
- West Middleton BESS Battery storage · 7 MW
- Tyto Solar Solar · 6 MW
- Strix Solar Solar · 6 MW
- Middleton Airport Solar Solar · 5.6 MW
- Epic Verona Solar · 2.7 MW
- UW Kegonsa Customer Hosted Solar Solar · 2.3 MW
- Middleton Biogas Solar, LLC Solar · 2.2 MW
- McFarland Schools Customer Hosted Solar · 1.4 MW
Dodge County 5 plants
- Forward Wind Energy Center Wind · 129 MW
- Springfield Solar (WI) Solar · 100 MW
- Butler Ridge Wind · 54 MW
- Beaver Dam Solar Solar · 50 MW
- Waupun Correctional Central Heating Plt Natural gas · 2 MW
Door County 1 plant
- Washington Island Oil · 5 MW
Dunn County 5 plants
- Cedar Falls (WI) Hydro · 6 MW
- Menomonie Hydro · 5.4 MW
- Hay River (Dunn 1) Solar · 1.5 MW
- Walleye (Dunn 2) Solar · 1.5 MW
- Downsville DPC Solar Solar · 1 MW
Eau Claire County 2 plants
- Dells Hydro · 12.3 MW
- Bridge Creek Solar · 2.5 MW
Florence County 3 plants
- Twin Falls (WI) Hydro · 9.2 MW
- Pine Hydro · 3.6 MW
- Brule Hydro · 3.3 MW
Fond Du Lac County 8 plants
- South Fond Du Lac Natural gas · 381.6 MW
- Blue Sky Green Field Wind Project Wind · 145.2 MW
- Cedar Ridge Wind · 67.7 MW
- Ledgeview Solar · 5 MW
- Auburn Solar WI, LLC Solar · 5 MW
- Nortera Customer Hosted Solar Solar · 1.6 MW
- ENGIE 2020 ProjectCo-WI1 LLC Solar · 1 MW
- Fond du Lac Community Solar Solar · 1 MW
Grant County 5 plants
- Grant County Solar · 300 MW
- Red Barn Energy Wind · 91.6 MW
- Cassville Solar Solar · 50 MW
- Fennimore Solar Solar · 3 MW
- Mt. Hope DPC Solar Solar · 1 MW
Green Lake County 1 plant
- Berlin Landfill Gas Landfill gas · 2.4 MW
Iowa County 3 plants
- Badger Hollow I Solar · 150 MW
- Badger Hollow II Solar · 150 MW
- Montfort Wind Energy Center Wind · 30 MW
Iron County 1 plant
- Saxon Falls Hydro · 1.6 MW
Jackson County 3 plants
- Shamrock Solar LLC Solar · 3 MW
- Blue Prairie Solar, LLC Solar · 2.5 MW
- Strobus Solar · 1.5 MW
Jefferson County 8 plants
- Concord Natural gas · 381.6 MW
- Whitewater Generating Station Natural gas · 283.5 MW
- Crawfish River Solar · 75 MW
- Deertrack Park Gas Recovery Landfill gas · 6.4 MW
- Hackbarth Solar WI, LLC Solar · 5 MW
- Rock LakeSolar WI, LLC Solar · 5 MW
- Jones Dairy Solar · 2.3 MW
- Jefferson Solar Park Solar · 1 MW
Juneau County 8 plants
- Petenwell Hydro · 20 MW
- New Lisbon Oil · 8.3 MW
- Elroy Oil · 6.6 MW
- Lemonweir (Oak 1) Solar · 3 MW
- New Lisbon Solar Solar · 2.5 MW
- Whistling Winds DPC Solar Solar · 1.5 MW
- Elroy Solar Solar · 1.5 MW
- Webster Creek (Oak 2) Solar · 1.5 MW
Kenosha County 6 plants
- Paris (WI) Natural gas · 381.6 MW
- Silver Lake Solar WI, LLC Solar · 7.5 MW
- Pheasant Run Landfill Gas Recovery Landfill gas · 7.2 MW
- Bristol Woods Solar WI, LLC Solar · 6 MW
- Strawberry Creek Solar WI, LLC Solar · 6 MW
- UW Parkside Solar · 2.3 MW
Kewaunee County 1 plant
- Wind Turbine Wind · 11 MW
La Crosse County 3 plants
- French Island Municipal solid waste and oil · 188 MW
- Greenfield Solar · 2.5 MW
- Onalaska Campus Landfill Biogas Landfill gas · 1.1 MW
Lafayette County 2 plants
- Quilt Block Wind Farm LLC Wind · 98 MW
- Argyle Hydro · 0.1 MW
Langlade County 2 plants
- Antigo-Forrest Street Solar Project Solar · 6 MW
- Antigo Solar Partners, LLC Solar · 6 MW
Lincoln County 5 plants
- Packaging of America Tomahawk Mill Wood biomass · 18.7 MW
- Grandfather Falls Hydro · 17.2 MW
- Alexander Hydro · 4.2 MW
- Tomahawk Hydro · 2.6 MW
- Merrill Hydro · 2.3 MW
Manitowoc County 6 plants
- Point Beach Nuclear Plant Nuclear · 1,311 MW
- Two Creeks Solar Solar · 150 MW
- Manitowoc Wood biomass and petroleum coke · 117.4 MW
- Point Beach Solar Solar · 100 MW
- Custer Energy Center Natural gas · 24.5 MW
- Ridgeview Landfill gas · 4.8 MW
Marathon County 6 plants
- Weston Coal · 945.5 MW
- Weston RICE Natural gas · 131.6 MW
- Rothschild Biomass Cogen Facility Wood biomass · 57.5 MW
- Mosinee Mill Wood biomass · 23.4 MW
- Wausau Hydro · 5.4 MW
- Domtar Paper Company Rothschild Hydro · 1.1 MW
Marinette County 9 plants
- West Marinette Natural gas · 187.1 MW
- West Marinette 34 Natural gas · 83 MW
- Little Quinnesec Falls Hydro Project Hydro · 9 MW
- Caldron Falls Hydro · 6.4 MW
- High Falls (WI) Hydro · 5.6 MW
- Sandstone Rapids Hydro · 3.8 MW
- Johnson Falls Hydro · 3.4 MW
- Park Mill Hydro · 2.1 MW
- Potato Rapids Hydro · 1.3 MW
Milwaukee County 9 plants
- Elm Road Generating Station Coal · 1,402.6 MW
- South Oak Creek Coal · 641.6 MW
- Valley (WI) Natural gas · 272 MW
- MMSD Jones Island Wastewater Natural gas · 31.3 MW
- Metro Gas Recovery Landfill gas · 9.2 MW
- MMSD South Shore Wastewater Biomass · 5.1 MW
- City of Milwaukee Landfill Solar · 2.3 MW
- ATI Solar · 2.3 MW
- IKEA Oak Creek Rooftop PV System Solar · 1.2 MW
Monroe County 3 plants
- Cashton Greens Wind Farm Wind · 5 MW
- Cashton Oil · 3.5 MW
- Cashton Solar Solar · 2 MW
Oconto County 3 plants
- Oconto Falls Lower Hydro · 1.7 MW
- Oconto Falls Upper Hydro · 1.1 MW
- Stiles Hydro · 1 MW
Oneida County 3 plants
- Hodag Solar Solar · 7.5 MW
- Hat Rapids Hydro · 1.7 MW
- Rhinelander Mill Hydro · 1 MW
Outagamie County 12 plants
- Fox Energy Center Natural gas · 618.8 MW
- Combined Locks Energy Center Natural gas · 66.5 MW
- Island Street Peaking Plant Natural gas · 60.5 MW
- Kaukauna Paper Mill Natural gas · 32.6 MW
- Kaukauna Gas Turbine Natural gas · 18 MW
- New Badger Hydro · 8.2 MW
- Combined Locks Hydro · 6.2 MW
- Kaukauna City Hydro Hydro · 4.8 MW
- Little Chute Hydro · 3.3 MW
- Rapide Croche Hydro · 2.4 MW
- Appleton Hydro · 2.2 MW
- Kimberly Mill Hydro · 2.1 MW
Ozaukee County 2 plants
- Port Washington Generating Station Natural gas · 1,229.6 MW
- Jackson Solar WI, LLC Solar · 7.5 MW
Pierce County 1 plant
- Trimbelle (Pierce Pepin) Solar · 2 MW
Polk County 7 plants
- Apple River Solar, LLC Solar · 100 MW
- St Croix Falls Hydro · 23.2 MW
- Frederic Diesel Oil · 13.7 MW
- Viresco Turtle Lake Biomass · 3.2 MW
- Luck Solar · 2.5 MW
- Georgetown (Polk Burnett) Solar · 2 MW
- Sand Lake DPC Solar Solar · 1 MW
Portage County 4 plants
- Stevens Point Mill Natural gas · 7.6 MW
- Du Bay Hydro · 7.2 MW
- Whiting Hydro · 5.1 MW
- Stevens Point Hydro · 4.8 MW
Price County 4 plants
- Flambeau Solar Partners Solar · 2.5 MW
- Flambeau Crowley Rapids Project Hydro · 1.5 MW
- Ogema Solar · 1.4 MW
- Flambeau Lower Project Hydro · 1.2 MW
Racine County 6 plants
- Paris Solar Solar · 310 MW
- Waxdale Landfill gas · 12.1 MW
- Caledonia Solar WI, LLC Solar · 6 MW
- Raymond Solar WI, LLC Solar · 6 MW
- Adams Road Solar Solar · 4 MW
- CREE Solar · 1.5 MW
Richland County 4 plants
- Bear Creek (WI) Solar · 50 MW
- Boaz Microgrid Battery Battery storage · 3.6 MW
- Richland Center Renewable Energy LLC Biomass · 1.8 MW
- Viola Oil · 1 MW
Rock County 10 plants
- West Riverside Energy Center Natural gas · 727.6 MW
- Riverside Energy Center Natural gas · 674.9 MW
- Darien Solar Solar · 250 MW
- Paddock Solar Solar · 65 MW
- Albany Solar (WI) Solar · 50 MW
- North Rock Solar · 50 MW
- Beloit Memorial Hospital Power Plant Natural gas · 3 MW
- Janesville Community Solar Solar · 2.3 MW
- HQC Rock River Solar Power Gen Station Solar · 2.1 MW
- Rock County Customer Hosted Solar Solar · 1.4 MW
Rusk County 6 plants
- Flambeau Hydroelectric Station Hydro · 19.1 MW
- Big Falls Hydro · 7.7 MW
- Ladysmith Dam Hydro · 3.4 MW
- Timberline Trail Gas Recovery Landfill gas · 3.2 MW
- Thornapple Hydro · 1.4 MW
- Conrath DPC Solar Solar · 1 MW
Sauk County 1 plant
- Prairie Du Sac Hydro · 33.4 MW
Sawyer County 3 plants
- Winter Oil · 5.6 MW
- LAC Courte Oreilles Hydroelect Hydro · 3.4 MW
- Arpin Dam Hydro · 1.4 MW
Shawano County 1 plant
- Bonduel Solar WI, LLC Solar · 7.5 MW
Sheboygan County 5 plants
- Edgewater Coal · 413.7 MW
- Sheboygan Falls Natural gas · 346.8 MW
- Onion River Solar · 150 MW
- Kohler Solar Solar · 2.3 MW
- City of Sheboygan Solar Solar · 0.9 MW
St Croix County 4 plants
- Bright Future Solar · 2.5 MW
- Next Generation Solar · 2.5 MW
- Apple River Hydro · 2.4 MW
- Warren DPC Solar Solar · 2.2 MW
Taylor County 2 plants
- Hannibal Solar · 2.5 MW
- Medford DPC Solar Solar · 2 MW
Trempealeau County 1 plant
- Arcadia Solar Solar · 5 MW
Vernon County 4 plants
- La Farge Oil · 1.5 MW
- Bluff Prairie (Vernon) Solar · 1.5 MW
- Liberty Pole DPC Solar Solar · 1.1 MW
- Sauk DPC Solar Solar · 1 MW
Walworth County 4 plants
- Spring Prairie Solar WI, LLC Solar · 7.5 MW
- LaFayette Solar WI, LLC Solar · 6 MW
- Spring Brook Solar WI, LLC Solar · 6 MW
- La Grange Solar Partners, LLC Solar · 6 MW
Washburn County 2 plants
- Spooner Solar Array Solar · 2 MW
- Trego Hydro · 1.2 MW
Washington County 4 plants
- Germantown Oil · 390.7 MW
- Omega Hills Gas Recovery Landfill gas · 12.8 MW
- Washington County Solar · 2.3 MW
- Regal Ware Solar · 1.9 MW
Waukesha County 2 plants
- Lannon Stone Solar · 2.3 MW
- Harley-Davison Powertrain Operations Solar · 2.2 MW
Waushara County 1 plant
- Wautoma Solar Solar · 99 MW
Winnebago County 2 plants
- Alliant Energy Neenah Natural gas · 371 MW
- Perch Solar WI, LLC Solar · 6 MW
Wood County 7 plants
- Wood County Solar · 225 MW
- Marshfield Utilities Gas Plant Natural gas · 60.4 MW
- Georgia-Pacific Corp - Nekoosa Mill Natural gas · 39 MW
- Wisconsin Rapids Hydro · 8.1 MW
- Biron Mill Natural gas · 7.5 MW
- Port Edwards Mill Hydro · 6.7 MW
- Biron Hydro · 5.3 MW
Questions about power plants in Wisconsin
How many power plants are in Wisconsin?
EIA-860M for August 2026 lists 271 operating power projects in Wisconsin, with 19,533 MW of nameplate capacity including batteries.
What is the largest power plant in Wisconsin?
Elm Road Generating Station in Milwaukee County, with 1,402.6 MW of nameplate capacity. The next largest is Point Beach Nuclear Plant, with 1,311 MW.
How much of Wisconsin's capacity is coal?
4,902 MW, about 25% of nameplate capacity. 6 projects have coal as their primary fuel.
Source: EIA-860M August 2026, published 2026-09-24. Page updated 2026-10-04. Data sources