MANITOWOC

How MANITOWOC compares

With 123 MW of capacity, MANITOWOC ranks 27th among the 141 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Wisconsin and is the largest of the 17 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 39% of Wisconsin's operating Oil capacity and 0.8% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 36th-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1955, it is older than 52% of the 141 operating Wisconsin plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, MANITOWOC PUBLIC UTILITIES, runs 2 operating plants in Wisconsin totaling 147 MW. It shares Manitowoc County with 3 other operating plants, including POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT and CUSTER ENERGY CENTER.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 117 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly petroleum coke technology. Net generation was 122 GWh in 2024 (a 12% capacity factor), down 59% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1955 and 2007.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is SHOTO (138 kV), about 5.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by AMERICAN TRANSMISSION CO, about 5.2 miles away. Another 4 operating power plants totaling 1,363 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT (1,311 MW, Nuclear).

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