Wheaton
Natural gas power plant · Chippewa County, Wisconsin
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
- County
- Chippewa County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 1.51%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Wisconsin
- #12 of 41
- EIA plant code
- 4014
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHT08 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 249 MW | 223 MW | 2026 | Operating |
| WHT09 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 9.8 MW | 9.4 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| WHT10 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 9.8 MW | 9.4 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| WHT11 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 9.8 MW | 9.4 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| WHT12 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 9.8 MW | 9.4 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| WHT13 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 9.8 MW | 9.4 MW | 2025 | 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
| Paris Solar | Solar | 310 MW |
| Grant County | Solar | 300 MW |
| Whitewater Generating Station | Natural gas | 284 MW |
| Valley (WI) | Natural gas | 275 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 298 MW solar plant and a 298 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