Custer Energy Center
Natural gas power plant · Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Nameplate capacity
25 MW
Rank in Wisconsin
#78
of 278 plants
In service since
1999
June 1999
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Manitowoc Public Utilities
- County
- Manitowoc County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.12%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Wisconsin
- #33 of 41
- EIA plant code
- 7795
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 25 MW | 22 MW | 1999 | 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
| MMSD Jones Island Wastewater | Natural gas | 31 MW |
| Montfort Wind Energy Center | Wind | 30 MW |
| Mosinee Mill | Other | 23 MW |
| St Croix Falls | Hydro | 23 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 25 MW solar plant and a 25 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