Bay Front
Natural gas power plant · Ashland County, Wisconsin
Nameplate capacity
47 MW
Rank in Wisconsin
#67
of 278 plants
In service since
1952
January 1952
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
- County
- Ashland County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.24%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Wisconsin
- #28 of 41
- EIA plant code
- 3982
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 27 MW | 23 MW | 1957 | Operating |
| 5 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 20 MW | 18 MW | 1952 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 47 MW solar plant and a 47 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Wisconsin power plants · What Wisconsin actually generates