Whiting

Hydro power plant · Portage County, Wisconsin

Nameplate capacity
5.1 MW
Rank in Wisconsin
#155
of 278 plants
In service since
1963
July 1963

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Consolidated Water Power Co
County
Portage County
Generating units
10
Share of state capacity
0.03%
Rank among hydro plants in Wisconsin
#29 of 61
EIA plant code
3975

Generating units

Individual generating units at Whiting
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric1.2 MW1.2 MW1963Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric0.5 MW0.5 MW1991Operating
3Conventional Hydroelectric0.5 MW1.8 MW1991Operating
4Conventional Hydroelectric0.5 MW1.8 MW1991Operating
5Conventional Hydroelectric0.5 MW1.8 MW1991Operating
6Conventional Hydroelectric0.5 MW0.5 MW1991Operating
7Conventional Hydroelectric0.5 MW0.5 MW1991Operating
10Conventional Hydroelectric0.3 MW0.3 MW1991Operating
8Conventional Hydroelectric0.3 MW0.3 MW1991Operating
9Conventional Hydroelectric0.3 MW0.3 MW1991Operating

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 5.1 MW solar plant and a 5.1 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