Wausau

Hydro power plant · Marathon County, Wisconsin

Nameplate capacity
5.4 MW
Rank in Wisconsin
#152
of 278 plants
In service since
2021
March 2021

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Wisconsin Public Service Corp
County
Marathon County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.03%
Rank among hydro plants in Wisconsin
#27 of 61
EIA plant code
4077

Generating units

Individual generating units at Wausau
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric1.8 MW1.8 MW2021Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric1.8 MW1.8 MW2021Operating
3Conventional Hydroelectric1.8 MW1.8 MW2024Operating

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 5.4 MW solar plant and a 5.4 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