Oconto Falls Lower
Hydro power plant · Oconto County, Wisconsin
Nameplate capacity
2.0 MW
Rank in Wisconsin
#229
of 278 plants
In service since
1971
January 1971
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC
- County
- Oconto County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among hydro plants in Wisconsin
- #46 of 61
- EIA plant code
- 50439
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.7 MW | 1.7 MW | 1971 | Operating |
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.3 MW | 0.3 MW | 1971 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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 2.0 MW solar plant and a 2.0 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