Point Beach Nuclear Plant
Nuclear power plant · Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Details
- Primary fuel
- Nuclear
- Technology
- Nuclear
- Operator
- NextEra Energy Point Beach LLC
- County
- Manitowoc County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 6.65%
- Rank among nuclear plants in Wisconsin
- #1 of 1
- EIA plant code
- 4046
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuclear | 643 MW | 591 MW | 1970 | Operating |
| 2 | Nuclear | 643 MW | 598 MW | 1972 | Operating |
| 5 | Petroleum Liquids | 25 MW | 15 MW | 1969 | 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
| Elm Road Generating Station | Coal | 1,403 MW |
| Port Washington Generating Station | Natural gas | 1,230 MW |
| Columbia (WI) | Coal | 1,112 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 1,311 MW solar plant and a 1,311 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