BLOUNT STREET

How BLOUNT STREET compares

With 100 MW of capacity, BLOUNT STREET ranks 28th among the 141 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Wisconsin and 8th of the 15 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.5% of Wisconsin's operating Coal capacity and 0.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 232nd-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1957, it is older than 51% of the 141 operating Wisconsin plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, MADISON GAS & ELECTRIC CO, runs 8 operating plants in Wisconsin totaling 533 MW. It shares Dane County with 8 other operating plants, including ROCKGEN ENERGY CENTER and WEST CAMPUS COGENERATION FACILITY.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 100 MW of nameplate capacity. Net generation was 48.8 GWh in 2024 (a 5.6% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1957 and 1961.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is SYCAMORE (138 kV), about 3.9 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line, about 0.1 miles away. Another 9 operating power plants totaling 943 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is ROCKGEN ENERGY CENTER (561 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is Network 222 in Madison, about 0.8 miles away.

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