EDGEWATER

How EDGEWATER compares

With 770 MW of capacity, EDGEWATER ranks 7th among the 141 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Wisconsin and 5th of the 15 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 12% of Wisconsin's operating Coal capacity and 4.8% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 130th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1985, it is newer than 63% of the 141 operating Wisconsin plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, WISCONSIN POWER & LIGHT CO, runs 8 operating plants in Wisconsin totaling 3,001 MW. It shares Sheboygan County with one other operating plant, SHEBOYGAN FALLS.

EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 414 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional steam coal technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 770 MW). Net generation was 2,092 GWh in 2024 (a 58% capacity factor), up 7% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is HUEBNER (69 kV), about 2.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 2 operating power plants totaling 1,556 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PORT WASHINGTON GENERATING STATION (1,209 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, 324 E Wisconsin in Milwaukee, about 47.8 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