FITCHBURG

How FITCHBURG compares

With 58 MW of capacity, FITCHBURG ranks 37th among the 141 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Wisconsin and 18th of the 26 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.9% of Wisconsin's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 781st-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1973, it is newer than 58% 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.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 58 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was less than 0.1 GWh in 2024 (a capacity factor under 0.1%).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is FITCHBURG (138 kV), under 0.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by AMERICAN TRANSMISSION CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 9 operating power plants totaling 985 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 University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, about 4.8 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