Blount Street
Natural gas power plant · Dane County, Wisconsin
Nameplate capacity
100 MW
Rank in Wisconsin
#40
of 278 plants
In service since
1957
June 1957
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Madison Gas & Electric Co
- County
- Dane County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.51%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Wisconsin
- #19 of 41
- EIA plant code
- 3992
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 50 MW | 47 MW | 1957 | Operating |
| 7 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 50 MW | 49 MW | 1961 | 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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| Manitowoc | Other | 117 MW |
| Apple River Solar, LLC | Solar | 100 MW |
| Point Beach Solar | Solar | 100 MW |
| Springfield Solar (WI) | Solar | 100 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 100 MW solar plant and a 100 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