| Oak Creek Power Plant | |
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Oak Creek, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 42°50′40″N 87°49′43″W / 42.84444°N 87.82861°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | Unit 5: December, 1959 Unit 6: December, 1961 Unit 7: March, 1965 Unit 8: October, 1967 Unit 9 (gas-fired): December, 1968 Unit 1 (Elm Road): 2010 Unit 2 (Elm Road): 2011 |
| Decommission date | Units 1–4: 1980s Planned closure of Units 5 & 6 May 2024 Planned closure of Units 7 & 8 2025 |
| Owner(s) | We Energies |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Sub-bituminous coal |
| Cooling source | Lake Michigan |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 x 261 MW 1 x 264 MW 1 x 298 MW 1 x 312 MW 2 x 634 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | South Oak Creek 1,135 MWe Elm Road Generation Station 1,268 megawatts |
| Annual net output | Total (All Fuels, GWh) 2018 - 12,681 2019 - 11,384 2020 - 10,783 2021 - 12,180 |
Oak Creek Power Plant, also known as South Oak Creek, is a base load, coal- and natural gas-fired, electrical power station located on Lake Michigan in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Oak Creek Power Plant along with Elm Road Generation Station make up the entire Oak Creek Generating Site.
The plant was built for an initial cost of $246 million.[1] It is located on over 400 acres (160 ha) of land on the border of Milwaukee and Racine counties.
Advanced Air Quality Control Systems (AQCS) were installed in 2012 for $750 million on all four generating units. In 2009, it was listed as the third largest generating station in Wisconsin with a net summer capacity of 1,135 MW.[2][3] The plant consumes between 6,000 and 6,400 tons of coal daily depending on system demands.[4]
In 2018, the plant was listed as the fifth largest generation station in Wisconsin with an annual generation of 4,767,153 MW-h, behind Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant (10,128,796 MW-h), Elm Road Generating Station (7,913,698 MW-h), Columbia (6,641,670 MW-h), and Port Washington Generating Station (5,829,109 MW-h).[5]
On November 6, 2020 - A plan was announced that includes the retirement of the 1,100-megawatt South Oak Creek coal plant in southeastern Wisconsin over the next five years. Units 5 and 6 at South Oak Creek would be shut down in 2023 while units 7 and 8 will be shut down by 2024. [6] The closures have since been delayed to May 2024 for Units 5 and 6 and late 2025 for Units 7 and 8.[7]
- ^ "We Energies Oak Creek Power Plant". www.we-energies.com. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ "Oak Creek Power Plant" (PDF). We Energies. February 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
- ^ "Wisconsin – Ten Largest Plants by Generating Capacity, 2009" (PDF). U.S. Energy Information Administration. 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
- ^ "We Energies Elm Road Generating Station". www.we-energies.com. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ "EIA - State Electricity Profiles". www.eia.gov. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ "Partial Closure of Oak Creek Power Plant Planned". WGTD.org. Wisconsin Public Radio. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
- ^ Conway, Brendan (June 23, 2022). "We Energies announces new timeline for Oak Creek plant retirements". We Energies News. Retrieved August 21, 2023.