65th largest plant in Wisconsin · 3718th nationally
Consumer Operations Llc is a natural gas power plant in Wisconsin with a nameplate capacity of 47.6 MW. It generates roughly 216.7k MWh per year — enough to power about 20,633 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 52% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 630 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (47.6 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Consumer Operations Llc |
|---|---|
| Operator | Georgia-Pacific Consumer Oper. Green Bay Llc |
| City | Green Bay |
| County | Brown County |
| State | Wisconsin |
| ZIP | 54304 |
| Coordinates | 44.49360, -88.03030 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN9 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 43.2 MW | Retired | 1985 |
| GEN7 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 28.9 MW | Operating | 1969 |
| GEN10 | Conventional Steam Coal | Bituminous Coal | 28.2 MW | Retired | 2005 |
| GEN8 | Conventional Steam Coal | Bituminous Coal | 25.0 MW | Retired | 1977 |
| GEN6 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 18.7 MW | Operating | 1963 |
| GEN5 | Conventional Steam Coal | Bituminous Coal | 10.0 MW | Retired | 1954 |
| GEN2 | Conventional Steam Coal | Bituminous Coal | 3.0 MW | Retired | 1933 |
| GEN3 | Conventional Steam Coal | Bituminous Coal | 3.0 MW | Retired | 1940 |
| GEN4 | Conventional Steam Coal | Bituminous Coal | 2.5 MW | Retired | 1947 |
| GEN1 | Conventional Steam Coal | Bituminous Coal | 1.5 MW | Retired | 1929 |
| CO₂ | 68.3k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 125 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 630 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | MRO |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.. |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.