Genoa Generating Station

**Genoa Generating Station**
Genoa 3 is tallest chimney with La Crosse BWR / Genoa 2 at left by the shorter chimney
Location	Genoa, Wisconsin
Owner	Dairyland Power Cooperative
Status	Active
Fuel	Western Coal and formerly nuclear
Cooling Water	Mississippi River
Max Capacity	379 MW
Commissioned	Unit 1:1941 Unit 2:1969 Unit 3:1969

Genoa Generating Station is a base load, coal fired, electrical power station located south of Genoa, Wisconsin in Vernon County.

Genoa 3 uses low sulfur western coal from Utah and the Powder River Basin shipped via rail to the Mississippi River, then to Genoa via barge.

[edit] Units

Unit	Capacity	Commissioning	Notes
1	14 MW (originally coal, later fuel oil)	1941	Retired 1985
2	50 MW (nuclear)	1969	Retired 1987, La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (nuclear)
3	379 MW (coal)	1969	Tangentially-fired, pulverized coal-fired dry bottom boiler, rated at 376 net MW