Gordon

Other power plant · Douglas County, Wisconsin

Nameplate capacity
7.0 MW
Rank in Wisconsin
#125
of 278 plants
In service since
1949
August 1949

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
Dahlberg Light & Power Co
County
Douglas County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
0.04%
Rank among other plants in Wisconsin
#15 of 36
EIA plant code
3976

Generating units

Individual generating units at Gordon
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
5Petroleum Liquids2.8 MW0.7 MW2001Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
6Petroleum Liquids2.8 MW0.7 MW2001Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
3Petroleum Liquids0.7 MW0.7 MW1955Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
4Petroleum Liquids0.7 MW0.7 MW1949Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used

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 7.0 MW solar plant and a 7.0 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