SOUTH OAK CREEK

How SOUTH OAK CREEK compares

With 1,240 MW of capacity, SOUTH OAK CREEK ranks 3rd among the 141 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Wisconsin and 2nd of the 15 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 19% of Wisconsin's operating Coal capacity and 7.7% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 92nd-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1965, it is newer than 50% 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 ELM ROAD GENERATING STATION and VALLEY.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 642 MW of nameplate capacity, all conventional steam coal technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 1,240 MW). Net generation was 2,250 GWh in 2024, down 34% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1965 and 1967.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is ST. RITA (138 kV), about 4.4 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 7 operating power plants totaling 2,117 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is ELM ROAD GENERATING STATION (1,403 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, 324 E Wisconsin in Milwaukee, about 14.0 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