Power Plants Near 53577 — Plain, WI

58 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 53577 (Plain, Wisconsin). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 43.2927, -90.0558 · County: Sauk

Coal 43%Solar 20%Wind 15%Natural Gas 15%Oil 3%Hydroelectric 2%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
11.0 mi	Bear Creek (Wi) Lone Rock, WI	Solar	50 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
16.0 mi	Richland Center Renewable Energy Llc Richland Center, WI	Biomass	2 MW	Richland Center Renewable Energy Llc
16.5 mi	Prairie Du Sac Prairie Du Sac, WI	Hydroelectric	33 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
24.0 mi	Boaz Microgrid Battery Muscoda, WI	Other Fossil	4 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
24.9 mi	Sauk Dpc Solar Wonewoc, WI	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
26.8 mi	Kilbourn Wisconsin Dells, WI	Hydroelectric	10 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
28.2 mi	Badger Hollow I Montfort, WI	Solar	150 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
28.2 mi	Badger Hollow Ii Cobb, WI	Solar	150 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
28.2 mi	Middleton Biogas Solar, Llc Middleton, WI	Solar	2 MW	Middleton Biogas Solar, Llc
28.3 mi	Montfort Wind Energy Center Montfort, WI	Wind	30 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
29.0 mi	Middleton Airport Solar Middleton, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
30.4 mi	Elroy Solar Mauston, WI	Solar	2 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
30.5 mi	Red Barn Energy Montfort, WI	Wind	92 MW	Wisconsin Public Service Corp
30.5 mi	Whitetail Wind Farm Montford, WI	Wind	—	Invenergy Services Llc
30.9 mi	Lemonweir (Oak 1) Mauston, WI	Solar	3 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
31.9 mi	Epic Verona Verona, WI	Solar	46 MW	Epic Hosting, Llc
32.6 mi	Elroy Elroy, WI	Oil	7 MW	City Of Elroy - (Wi)
33.0 mi	Vienna Walbec Customer Hosted Waunakee, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
33.7 mi	Portage Industrial Battery Portage, WI	Other Fossil	5 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
34.2 mi	Viola Viola, WI	Oil	1 MW	Village Of Viola - (Wi)
34.6 mi	Columbia (Wi) Pardeville, WI	Coal	1,112 MW	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
35.2 mi	West Campus Cogeneration Facility Madison, WI	Natural Gas	169 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
35.4 mi	La Farge La Farge, WI	Oil	2 MW	La Farge Municipal Electric Co
35.6 mi	Fitchburg Madison, WI	Natural Gas	58 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
36.3 mi	O'brien Solar Fields Fitchburg, WI	Solar	22 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
36.4 mi	Uw Madison Charter Street Plant Madison, WI	Natural Gas	11 MW	State Of Wisconsin
37.1 mi	Fennimore Fennimore, WI	Oil	7 MW	City Of Fennimore - (Wi)
37.3 mi	Capitol Heat And Power Madison, WI	Oil	2 MW	State Of Wisconsin
37.3 mi	Diesel Generators Madison, WI	Oil	54 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
37.4 mi	Blount Street Madison, WI	Natural Gas	100 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
37.7 mi	Dane County Airport Solar Madison, WI	Solar	11 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
37.8 mi	Sunnyside Solar Energy Center Fitchburg, WI	Battery Storage	—	Madison Gas & Electric Co
37.8 mi	Fennimore Solar Fennimore, WI	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
38.8 mi	Galactic Wind Waunakee, WI	Wind	10 MW	Galactic Wind
39.3 mi	Nine Springs Madison, WI	Natural Gas	16 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
39.4 mi	Sycamore (Wi) Madison, WI	Natural Gas	42 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
39.8 mi	Webster Creek (Oak 2) New Lisbon, WI	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
39.9 mi	Castle Rock Adams, WI	Hydroelectric	15 MW	Wisconsin River Power Company
40.0 mi	Strix Solar Fitchburg, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
40.1 mi	Tyto Solar Fitchburg, WI	Solar	6 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
40.9 mi	New Lisbon New Lisbon, WI	Oil	8 MW	City Of New Lisbon
41.0 mi	New Lisbon Solar New Lisbon, WI	Solar	3 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
41.9 mi	Argyle Argyle, WI	Oil	2 MW	City Of Argyle - (Wi)
43.2 mi	Hermsdorf Solar Madison, WI	Solar	8 MW	Madison Gas & Electric Co
43.9 mi	Mcfarland Schools Customer Hosted Mcfarland, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
44.1 mi	Quilt Block Wind Farm Llc Darlington, WI	Wind	98 MW	Quilt Block Wind Farm Llc
44.5 mi	Dane County Solar Llc Cottage Grove, WI	Solar	17 MW	Dane County Solar Llc
44.9 mi	Mt. Hope Dpc Solar Mt. Hope, WI	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
44.9 mi	Uw Kegonsa Customer Hosted Solar Stoughton, WI	Solar	—	Wisconsin Power & Light Co
45.0 mi	Liberty Pole Dpc Solar Viroqua, WI	Solar	1 MW	Socore Energy Llc
46.2 mi	Portage Solar Plant Portage, WI	Solar	12 MW	Portage Solar Plant
46.9 mi	Whistling Winds Dpc Solar New Lisbon, WI	Solar	2 MW	Socore Energy Llc
47.8 mi	Cashton Cashton, WI	Oil	4 MW	Village Of Cashton - (Wi)
48.4 mi	Cashton Greens Wind Farm Cashton, WI	Wind	5 MW	Cashton Greens Wind Farm Llc
48.5 mi	Cashton Solar Cashton, WI	Solar	2 MW	Butter Solar, Llc
49.1 mi	Adams Pv Plant Adams, WI	Solar	8 MW	Adams Pv Plant (Wi)
49.3 mi	Glacier Hills Cambria, WI	Wind	162 MW	Wisconsin Electric Power Co
49.5 mi	Ursa Solar, Llc Courtland, WI	Solar	—	Samsung C&t Renewables, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 58 power plants within 50 miles of Plain, Wisconsin (ZIP 53577), with a combined 2,571 MW of nameplate capacity. Solar is the most common fuel type in this area with 28 of the 58 nearby plants. The closest plant is Bear Creek (Wi) at 11.0 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Wisconsin, visit the Wisconsin state page.

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