Kaukauna Paper Mill
Natural gas power plant · Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Nameplate capacity
45 MW
Rank in Wisconsin
#69
of 278 plants
In service since
1951
January 1951
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- Thilmany LLC
- County
- Outagamie County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.23%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Wisconsin
- #29 of 41
- EIA plant code
- 54098
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 16 MW | 16 MW | 1962 | Operating |
| GEN4 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 12 MW | 12 MW | 1967 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 11 MW | 11 MW | 1977 | Operating |
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 6.0 MW | 6.0 MW | 1951 | 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
| Bay Front | Natural gas | 47 MW |
| Epic Verona | Solar | 46 MW |
| Sycamore (WI) | Natural gas | 42 MW |
| Wissota | Hydro | 39 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 45 MW solar plant and a 45 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