Nameplate capacity
34 MW
Rank in Wisconsin
#74
of 278 plants
In service since
1950
January 1950
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
- County
- Chippewa County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.17%
- Rank among hydro plants in Wisconsin
- #4 of 61
- EIA plant code
- 4007
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 11 MW | 7.3 MW | 1950 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 11 MW | 7.3 MW | 1950 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 11 MW | 7.3 MW | 1950 | 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
| Georgia-Pacific Corp - Nekoosa Mill | Natural gas | 39 MW |
| Cornell | Hydro | 35 MW |
| Prairie Du Sac | Hydro | 33 MW |
| MMSD Jones Island Wastewater | Natural gas | 31 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 34 MW solar plant and a 34 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