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Germantown Power Plant is a natural gas fired, electrical peaking power plant located in Germantown, Wisconsin in Washington County. It is a five unit natural gas or #2 low sulfur fuel oil facility. Unit 5, which is powered by natural gas, is the primary unit, with the other four, powered by low sulfur fuel oil, being used during hours of peak energy usage. The plant was built in 1978 at a cost of $38 million. Natural gas capabilities were added in 2000. There is a 600,000 gallon storage tank on site for fuel, and natural gas is transported to the facility by pipeline.
Read more on WikipediaThe Germantown plant is a 335.7 MW hybrid power plant located in Washington County, Wisconsin. It began operating in 1978 and has 5 generators. The primary fuel is DFO (distillate fuel oil), and the plant utilizes both natural gas-fired combustion turbine and petroleum liquids technologies. The plant is owned by WEC Energy Group and operated by Wisconsin Electric Power Co. Germantown is ranked 1 of 2 similar plants in Wisconsin and 29 of 60 nationally.
The plant operates within the Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. (MISO) balancing authority and the RFC NERC region. The latest annual generation data shows an output of 28,113 MWh, resulting in a capacity factor of 0.9%. Financial data indicates an installed cost of $300.2 per kW, with data sourced from FERC filings.
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