19th largest plant in Wisconsin · 1120th nationally
Whitewater Generating Station is a natural gas power plant in Wisconsin with a nameplate capacity of 284 MW. It generates roughly 663.9k MWh per year — enough to power about 63,226 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 27% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 943 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (284 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 | Whitewater Generating Station |
|---|---|
| Operator | Wisconsin Electric Power Co |
| City | Whitewater |
| County | Jefferson County |
| State | Wisconsin |
| ZIP | 53190 |
| Coordinates | 42.85546, -88.72992 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 177 MW | Operating | 1997 |
| STG1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 106 MW | Operating | 1997 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| D E Shaw Synoptic Acquisition I Llc | Houston, TX | 3917.0% |
| Polaris Whitewater, Llc | Overland Park, KS | 3400.0% |
| Ogpa Whitewater Llc | 2583.0% | |
| Lsp-Whitewater I, Llc | Needham, MA | 100.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| CO₂ | 312.9k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 2 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 44 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 943 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 | RFC |
|---|---|
| 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.