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Valley Power Plant is an intermediate load, natural gas fired, electrical power station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is owned by We Energies. The plant is a cogeneration facility supplying steam to 480 customers and 280 MW of electricity.
Read more on WikipediaThe Valley power plant, located in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, has a total capacity of 274.7 MW across three generators. The plant's primary fuel is natural gas, and it also utilizes petroleum liquids. It began operating in 1968 and is owned by WEC Energy Group, with Wisconsin Electric Power Co. as the EIA operator. The plant incorporates natural gas steam turbine technology and is classified as a hybrid facility.
Valley operates within the Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO) balancing authority and the ReliabilityFirst Corporation (RFC) NERC region. The plant's latest annual generation was 369,729 MWh, resulting in a capacity factor of 15.3%. According to available data, the installed cost per kW was $848.13, based on FERC filings. Valley is ranked as the 14th largest power plant out of 19 in Wisconsin, and 673rd out of 945 nationally.
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