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Point Beach Nuclear Plant is a nuclear power plant located on Lake Michigan in the town of Two Creeks, Wisconsin, United States. The plant was built by Wisconsin Electric Power Company, and previously operated by the Nuclear Management Company. The plant is currently owned and operated by NextEra Energy Resources, of Juno Beach, Florida. The plant is composed of two, two-loop Westinghouse pressurized water reactors. There is also a visitors' center located just south of the administration building.
Read more on WikipediaPoint Beach Nuclear Plant, located in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, has a total capacity of 1311 MW. The plant began operating in 1969 and is owned by NextEra Energy, with NextEra Energy Point Beach LLC as the operator. The primary fuel source is nuclear, although petroleum liquids are also used, classifying it as a hybrid plant. The plant consists of 3 generators utilizing nuclear technology.
Point Beach operates within the Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO) balancing authority and the ReliabilityFirst Corporation (RFC) NERC region. The plant is the largest in Wisconsin and ranks 35th out of 55 nuclear plants nationally. In the latest year for which data is available, the plant generated 10,175,245 MWh, achieving a capacity factor of 88.6%.
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