Nameplate capacity
5.8 MW
Rank in Wisconsin
#148
of 278 plants
In service since
1996
January 1996
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Consolidated Water Power Co
- County
- Wood County
- Generating units
- 8
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among hydro plants in Wisconsin
- #25 of 61
- EIA plant code
- 3971
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.4 MW | 1.3 MW | 2021 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.4 MW | 1.3 MW | 2021 | Operating |
| 9 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.6 MW | 0.6 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.5 MW | 0.5 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| 5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.5 MW | 0.5 MW | 1996 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| 6 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.5 MW | 0.5 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| 7 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.5 MW | 0.5 MW | 1996 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 2016 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Wisconsin
| Strix Solar | Solar | 6.0 MW |
| Tyto Solar | Solar | 6.0 MW |
| Middleton Airport Solar | Solar | 5.6 MW |
| Winter | Other | 5.6 MW |
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 5.8 MW solar plant and a 5.8 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