BAY FRONT

How BAY FRONT compares

With 67 MW of capacity, BAY FRONT ranks 32nd among the 141 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Wisconsin and 2nd of the 12 operating Biomass plants in the state. It accounts for about 21% of Wisconsin's operating Biomass capacity and 0.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 50th-largest of the 350 operating Biomass plants in the database. Commissioned in 1952, it is older than 53% of the 141 operating Wisconsin plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, NORTHERN STATES POWER CO - MINNESOTA, runs 18 operating plants in Wisconsin totaling 806 MW. It shares Ashland County with one other operating plant, WHITE RIVER.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 47 MW of nameplate capacity (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 67 MW). Net generation was 160 GWh in 2024 (a 39% capacity factor), down 8% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1952 and 1957.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is GINGLES (161 kV), about 2.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 161 kV line owned by NORTHERN STATES POWER CO - WISCONSIN, about 1.9 miles away. Another 2 operating power plants totaling 2 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is SUPERIOR FALLS (1 MW, Hydro).

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology