Power plant · Wisconsin, United States
Riverside Energy Center
Riverside Energy Center is a power plant in Wisconsin, United States, with 675 MW of capacity, owned by Wisconsin Power & Light Co.
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 | Operating | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2004 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Wisconsin Power & Light Co | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Wisconsin Power & Light Co | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 675 MW | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 42.5831, -89.0358 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow it compares
Riverside Energy Center is the 7th-largest of 10 power plants in Wisconsin and the 520th-largest of 800 in the United States by capacity; its 675 MW is <0.1% of the 839,036 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 | 7th of 10 | 9,225 MW | 7.3% |
| United States | 520th of 800 | 839,036 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 596th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 2 mines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churchill Concrete & Stone LLC | Mine | — | Closed | 10.0 km |
| Pieper | Mine | — | Closed | 33 km |
Owner, operator and place
More from Wisconsin Power & Light Co
- Columbia (WI)1,112 MW
- West Riverside Energy Center728 MW
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
- South Oak Creek642 MW
- Fox Energy Center619 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.