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Combined Locks

Hydro power plant · Outagamie County, Wisconsin

Nameplate capacity
6.2 MW
Rank in Wisconsin
#134
of 278 plants
In service since
1988
February 1988

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
City of Kaukauna
County
Outagamie County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.03%
Rank among hydro plants in Wisconsin
#23 of 61
EIA plant code
4201

Generating units

Individual generating units at Combined Locks
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
HC1Conventional Hydroelectric3.1 MW3.1 MW1988Operating
HC2Conventional Hydroelectric3.1 MW3.1 MW1988Operating

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 6.2 MW solar plant and a 6.2 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