Germantown
Natural gas power plant · Washington County, Wisconsin
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Wisconsin Electric Power Co
- County
- Washington County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 1.98%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Wisconsin
- #6 of 41
- EIA plant code
- 6253
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 106 MW | 80 MW | 2000 | Operating |
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | 71 MW | 54 MW | 1978 | Operating |
| 2 | Petroleum Liquids | 71 MW | 55 MW | 1978 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 71 MW | 54 MW | 1978 | Operating |
| 4 | Petroleum Liquids | 71 MW | 54 MW | 1978 | 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
| RockGen Energy Center | Natural gas | 561 MW |
| Edgewater | Coal | 414 MW |
| John P Madgett | Coal | 387 MW |
| Concord | Natural gas | 382 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 391 MW solar plant and a 391 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