List of power stations in Wisconsin

Wisconsin's electric power net generation by primary energy source, 2006.^[1]

Coal 65%

Nuclear 19.8%

Natural gas 8.7%

Hydroelectric 2.7%

Other Renewable 2.2%

Petroleum 1.4%

Other 0.2%

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Wisconsin, sorted by type and name.

Nuclear power stations

Plant	Location	Coords.
Kewaunee Nuclear Generating Station	Carlton, Wisconsin(Closed)	44°20′34″N 87°32′13″W / 44.34291°N 87.53695°W / 44.34291; -87.53695
La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor	Genoa, Wisconsin (Closed)	43°33′36″N 91°13′53″W / 43.56006°N 91.23148°W / 43.56006; -91.23148
Point Beach Nuclear Generating Station	Two Rivers, Wisconsin	44°16′55″N 87°32′10″W / 44.28181°N 87.53599°W / 44.28181; -87.53599

Coal-fired

Plant	Location	Coords.	Notes
Alma Generating Station	Alma, Wisconsin	44°18′30″N 91°54′39″W / 44.30833°N 91.91083°W / 44.30833; -91.91083
Columbia Energy Center	Portage, Wisconsin	43°29′10″N 89°25′13″W / 43.48611°N 89.42028°W / 43.48611; -89.42028
Edgewater Generating Station	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	43°42′56″N 87°42′23″W / 43.71556°N 87.70639°W / 43.71556; -87.70639
E. J. Stoneman Generating Station (Briefly operated burning Bio-Mass Fuel)	Cassville, Wisconsin	42°42′30″N 90°59′5″W / 42.70833°N 90.98472°W / 42.70833; -90.98472	Closed 2015.^[2]
Genoa Generating Station	Genoa, Wisconsin	43°33′33″N 91°13′55″W / 43.55917°N 91.23194°W / 43.55917; -91.23194
John P. Madgett Generating Station	Alma, Wisconsin	44°18′11″N 91°54′45″W / 44.30306°N 91.91250°W / 44.30306; -91.91250
Nelson Dewey Generating Station	Cassville, Wisconsin	42°43′21″N 91°0′31″W / 42.72250°N 91.00861°W / 42.72250; -91.00861	. Closed 2015.^[2]
Pleasant Prairie Power Plant (P4)	Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin	42°32′17″N 87°54′17″W / 42.53806°N 87.90472°W / 42.53806; -87.90472
J. P. Pulliam Generating Station	Green Bay, Wisconsin	44°32′24″N 88°00′31″W / 44.54000°N 88.00861°W / 44.54000; -88.00861
Oak Creek Power Plant	Oak Creek, Wisconsin	42°50′40″N 87°49′43″W / 42.84444°N 87.82861°W / 42.84444; -87.82861
Weston Generating Station	Rothschild, Wisconsin	44°51′31″N 89°38′59″W / 44.85861°N 89.64972°W / 44.85861; -89.64972

Gas-fired (or combined gas/coal)

Plant	Location	Coords.
Blackhawk Generating Station	Beloit, Wisconsin	42°30′23″N 89°1′56″W / 42.50639°N 89.03222°W / 42.50639; -89.03222
Blount Generating Station	Madison, Wisconsin	43°4′45″N 89°22′27″W / 43.07917°N 89.37417°W / 43.07917; -89.37417
Concord Generating Station	Watertown, Wisconsin	43°10′5″N 88°41′13″W / 43.16806°N 88.68694°W / 43.16806; -88.68694
Fox Energy Center	Town of Kaukauna, Wisconsin
Germantown Generating Station	Germantown, Wisconsin	43°11′46″N 88°9′1″W / 43.19611°N 88.15028°W / 43.19611; -88.15028
Paris Generating Station	Town of Paris, near Union Grove, Wisconsin	42°39′57″N 88°00′47″W / 42.66583°N 88.01306°W / 42.66583; -88.01306
Port Washington Generating Station	Port Washington, Wisconsin	43°58′37″N 87°52′12″W / 43.97694°N 87.87000°W / 43.97694; -87.87000
Riverside Energy Center	Town of Beloit, Wisconsin	42°34′58″N 89°2′7″W / 42.58278°N 89.03528°W / 42.58278; -89.03528
RockGen Energy Center	Town of Christiana, Wisconsin	42°58′37″N 89°2′55″W / 42.97694°N 89.04861°W / 42.97694; -89.04861
Rock River Generating Station	Town of Beloit, Wisconsin	42°34′55″N 89°1′39″W / 42.58194°N 89.02750°W / 42.58194; -89.02750
Valley Power Plant	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	43°1′47″N 87°55′26″W / 43.02972°N 87.92389°W / 43.02972; -87.92389
West Campus Cogeneration Facility	Madison, Wisconsin
Wheaton Generating Plant	Town of Wheaton, Wisconsin	44°53′9″N 91°30′57″W / 44.88583°N 91.51583°W / 44.88583; -91.51583
Whitewater Cogen	Whitewater, Wisconsin	42°51′19″N 88°43′48″W / 42.85528°N 88.73000°W / 42.85528; -88.73000

Wind farms

Name	Location	Coords.	Notes
Blue Sky Green Field Wind Farm	towns of Marshfield and Calumet in Fond du Lac County
Forward Wind Energy Center	Around Brownsville, Wisconsin	43°37′1″N 88°29′28″W / 43.61694°N 88.49111°W / 43.61694; -88.49111

Petroleum-fired

French Island Generating Plant, Petroleum / Refuse-derived fuel boilers and #2 Fuel oil combustion turbines. La Crosse, Wisconsin

Hydro-electric

Hydro-electric power stations

WE Energies operates 13 hydro facilities, totaling 89 MW.

References

↑ Data from EIA
1 2 Reber, Craig (January 3, 2016). "Cassville plants power down in 2015". Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA).

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Regions	Apostle Islands Central Plain Central Wisconsin Chippewa Valley Door Peninsula Driftless Area Eastern Ridges and Lowlands Fox River Valley Great River Road Lake Superior Lowland Northern Highland Western Upland

Major metropolitan areas (pop. over 500,000)	Chicago metropolitan area Madison metropolitan area Milwaukee metropolitan area Twin Cities metropolitan area

Largest cities (pop. over 50,000)	Appleton Eau Claire Green Bay Janesville Kenosha La Crosse Madison Milwaukee Oshkosh Racine Waukesha West Allis

Smaller cities (pop. 15,000 to 50,000)	Beaver Dam Beloit Brookfield Cudahy De Pere Fitchburg Fond du Lac Franklin Greenfield Hudson Kaukauna Manitowoc Marshfield Menasha Menomonie Mequon Middleton Muskego Neenah New Berlin Oak Creek Oconomowoc Onalaska River Falls Sheboygan South Milwaukee Stevens Point Sun Prairie Superior Watertown Wausau Wauwatosa West Bend Wisconsin Rapids

Largest villages (pop. over 15,000)	Allouez Ashwaubenon Caledonia Germantown Howard Menomonee Falls Mount Pleasant Pleasant Prairie

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