ELM ROAD GENERATING STATION

How ELM ROAD GENERATING STATION compares

With 1,403 MW of capacity, ELM ROAD GENERATING STATION is the largest of the 141 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Wisconsin and the largest of the 15 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 21% of Wisconsin's operating Coal capacity and 8.7% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 78th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 2010, it is newer than 92% of the 141 operating Wisconsin plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO, runs 13 operating plants in Wisconsin totaling 5,238 MW. It shares Milwaukee County with 5 other operating plants, including SOUTH OAK CREEK and VALLEY.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 1,403 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional steam coal technology. Net generation was 7,553 GWh in 2024 (a 61% capacity factor), up 27% from 2022. Its generators came online between 2010 and 2011.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is ST. RITA (138 kV), about 4.9 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 7 operating power plants totaling 1,954 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is SOUTH OAK CREEK (1,240 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, 324 E Wisconsin in Milwaukee, about 13.6 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