VALLEY

How VALLEY compares

With 275 MW of capacity, VALLEY ranks 19th among the 141 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Wisconsin and 7th of the 15 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 4.2% of Wisconsin's operating Coal capacity and 1.7% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 195th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1968, it is newer than 53% 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 SOUTH OAK CREEK.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 275 MW of nameplate capacity. Net generation was 426 GWh in 2024 (an 18% capacity factor), down 4% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1968 and 1969.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is 28TH ST (138 kV), about 1.3 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by AMERICAN TRANSMISSION CO, about 1.3 miles away. Another 6 operating power plants totaling 3,901 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 1.0 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