Power Supply
Delivering a diverse, flexible power supply is WPPI Energy’s core purpose.
Through our joint action agency, 51 member utilities own generation and transmission resources, make joint power purchases, and share the cost of implementing new technologies — all of which help members maintain reliable service for the 200,000 homes and businesses they collectively serve.
WPPI Energy’s power supply is diverse, with stable and competitive costs. Having held our average cost of wholesale power to members relatively flat from 2014-2018, average wholesale power supply costs to members actually decreased 7.4% in 2018.
We are also environmentally responsible. WPPI has greatly reduced the carbon dioxide (CO2) emmissions associated with supplying power, and we will continue making progress in this area. By 2025, our CO2 emissions will be reduced by approximately 37% from 2005 levels.
Owned Resources
Boswell Energy Center Unit 4 near Cohasset, Minnesota, an important baseload resource to meet members’ needs.
Elm Road Generating Station in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, considered one of the cleanest, most modern and efficient coal plants in the U.S.
South Fond du Lac Units 1 & 4, natural gas-fired generation in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Island Street Peaking Plant, natural gas-fired generation in Kaukauna, Wisconsin
Worthington Wind Turbines near Worthington, Minnesota
Purchased Power
WPS, slice of system energy
WEPCO, slice of system energy
Bishop Hill III Wind Energy Center, a wind farm in northern Illinois
Point Beach Nuclear Plant, near Two Rivers, Wisconsin
Nelson Energy Center, a combined cycle plant in northern Illinois
Butler Ridge, a wind farm in Mayville, Wisconsin
Top of Iowa II, a wind farm near Kensett, Iowa
Member-Owned Generation, gas and oil-fired generation
Barton I, a wind farm in Worth County, Iowa
Forward Wind Energy Center, wind farm near Brownsville, Wisconsin
Outagamie Clean Energy Project, a landfill project in Appleton, Wisconsin
Kimberly Hydro in Kimberly, Wisconsin
Richland Center Renewable Energy, a wastewater digester in the member community of Richland Center, Wisconsin, owned by Foremost Farms USA and Schreiber Foods
Jefferson Solar in the member community of Jefferson, Wisconsin, owned by Half Moon Ventures LLC of Chicago
John Street Hydro in Appleton, Wisconsin
Community Solar Gardens in member communities River Falls and New Richmond, Wisconsin