Power plant · Wisconsin, United States
Pleasant Prairie Power Plant
Pleasant Prairie Power Plant is a closed coal power plant in Wisconsin, United States, with 1,235 MW of capacity, operated by Wisconsin Electric Power Co.
Grid connection
It closed in 2018, which freed up a 1,235 MW grid connection at 345 kV to the grid of American Transmission Co, unless it has been reassigned since.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Wisconsin | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Closed | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1980 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| End year | 2018 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Wisconsin Electric Power Co | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,235 MW (nameplate of its retired generators) | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Conventional Steam Coal | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | American Transmission Co | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 345 kV | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 42.5381, -87.9033 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchHow it compares
Pleasant Prairie is the 3rd-largest of 15 power plants in Wisconsin and the 223rd-largest of 1,009 in the United States by capacity; its 1,235 MW is 0.13% of the 917,512 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 3rd of 15 | 11,372 MW | 11% |
| United States | 223rd of 1,009 | 917,512 MW | 0.13% |
| All power plants in our data | 337th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
- Retired
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 5 data centers (1 operating, 369 MW) and 3 mines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center, Racine County (OSM way 1510420026) | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Data center, Racine County (OSM way 919948160) | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Microsoft Fairwater Wisconsin | Data center | 369 MW | Operating | 16 km |
| Thelen Sand & Gravel, Inc. | Mine | — | Operating | 25 km |
| Hillside Aggregates | Mine | — | Operating | 33 km |
| Burlington Spring Valley | Mine | — | Operating | 36 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
More from Wisconsin Electric Power Co
- Elm Road Generating Station1,403 MW
- Port Washington Generating Station1,230 MW
- West Riverside Energy Center728 MW
- South Oak Creek642 MW
- Presque Isle625 MW
- Microsoft Fairwater Wisconsin369 MW
- Pewaukee Data Centerdata center
Other power plants in Wisconsin
- Elm Road Generating Station1,403 MW
- Point Beach Nuclear Plant1,311 MW
- Port Washington Generating Station1,230 MW
- Columbia (WI)1,112 MW
- Weston946 MW
- West Riverside Energy Center728 MW
- Riverside Energy Center675 MW
- South Oak Creek642 MW
Data on this page
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- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI data centers, CC BY 4.0.
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- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
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