Kaukauna City Hydro
Hydro power plant · Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Nameplate capacity
4.8 MW
Rank in Wisconsin
#165
of 278 plants
In service since
1940
December 1940
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- City of Kaukauna
- County
- Outagamie County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among hydro plants in Wisconsin
- #30 of 61
- EIA plant code
- 7822
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.4 MW | 2.4 MW | 1940 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.4 MW | 2.4 MW | 1942 | Operating |
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 4.8 MW solar plant and a 4.8 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