What MGE Energy, Inc. reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
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Plants(b) · Location · CommercialOperation Date · Fuel · NameplateCapacity (MW) · Net SummerRatedCapacity (MW)(a) · No. ofUnits
Coal Facilities:
Columbia(c) · Portage, WI · 1975 & 1978 · Low-sulfur Coal · 211 · 213 · 2
Elm Road Units(c) · Oak Creek, WI · 2010 & 2011 · Coal · 106 · 109 · 2
Natural Gas Facilities:
Blount · Madison, WI · 1957 & 1961 · Natural Gas · 100 · 96 · 2
Nine Springs · Madison, WI · 1964 · Natural Gas · 16 · 14 · 1
Sycamore · Madison, WI · 1967 & 1971 · Natural Gas · 38 · 30 · 2
Fitchburg · Fitchburg, WI · 1973 · Natural Gas · 53 · 34 · 2
West Marinette · Marinette, WI · 2000 · Natural Gas/Oil · 90 · 71 · 1
WCCF(c) · Madison, WI · 2005 · Natural Gas/Oil · 157 · 132 · 2
West Riverside(c) · Beloit, WI · 2020 · Natural Gas · 50 · 47 · 2
Distributed Generators:
Multiple Locations · Madison, WI · 1998-2021 · ULSFO(d) · 70 · 53 · 60
Wind Facilities:
Lincoln-Red River · Kewaunee County, WI · 1999 · Wind · 11 · 1 · 17
Top of Iowa · Brookfield, IA · 2008 · Wind · 30 · 4 · 18
Forward(c) · Dodge & Fond du Lac Counties, WI · 2008 · Wind · 18 · 3 · 86
Saratoga · Howard County, IA · 2019 · Wind · 66 · 17 · 33
Red Barn(c) · Grant County, WI · 2023 · Wind · 9 · 2 · 28
Solar Facilities:
Morey Field · Middleton, WI · 2020 · Solar · 6 · 3 · 4
Two Creeks(c) · Two Creeks, WI · 2020 · Solar · 50 · 36 · 48
Dane County · Madison, WI · 2020 · Solar · 10 · 7 · 4
O'Brien · Fitchburg, WI · 2021 · Solar · 22 · 14 · 8
Badger Hollow I & II(c) · Monfort, WI · 2021 & 2023 · Solar · 100 · 72 · 400
Hermsdorf · Madison, WI · 2022 · Solar · 8 · 6 · 64
Tyto · Fitchburg, WI · 2024 · Solar · 6 · 4 · 24
Paris(c) · Paris, WI · 2024 · Solar · 20 · 15 · 53
Strix · Fitchburg, WI · 2025 · Solar · 6 · 2 · 24
Darien(c) · Rock & Walworth Counties, WI · 2025 · Solar · 25 · 17 · 65
Energy Storage:
Paris(c) · Paris, WI · 2025 · Battery · 11 · 10 · 30
Total · 1,289 · 1,012
Net summer rated capacity is determined by annual testing (measured in June, July or August) and may vary from year to year due to, among other things, the operating and physical conditions of the units.
All facilities shown are owned by MGE unless footnoted otherwise.
MGE jointly owns these facilities with various other utilities. The capacity shown represents MGE's ownership share:
Columbia is jointly-owned by MGE, WPSC and WPL, which operates the facility. MGE's ownership interest is 19%. See "Columbia" below for further information.
Elm Road Units is jointly owned by MGE, WPPI Energy, Inc, and WEC, which operates the units. MGE's ownership interest is 8.33%. See "Elm Road Units" below for further information.
WCCF is jointly-owned by MGE and UW. Per the joint plant agreement, the UW is allocated 17 MW of the net capability of these units during the summer cooling season. The net summer-rated capacity shown reflects this decrease. MGE's ownership interest is 55%. See "WCCF" below for further information.
West Riverside is jointly owned by multiple parties including MGE and WPL, which operates the facility. Power from this facility is shared in proportion to each owner's ownership interest. Commercial operation date of facility was 2020. MGE purchased its ownership interest of 6.9% in 2023 and 2024.
Forward is jointly owned by MGE, WPL and WPSC, which operates the facility. Power from this facility is shared in proportion to each owner's ownership interest. Commercial operation date of facility was 2008. MGE purchased its 12.8% ownership interest in 2018.
Red Barn is jointly owned by MGE and WPSC, which operates the facility. MGE's ownership interest is 10%.
Two Creeks and Badger Hollow I and II are both jointly owned with WPSC, which operates the facilities. MGE's ownership interest is 33%.
Paris and Darien are both jointly owned by MGE, WPSC and WEPCO, which operates the facilities. MGE's ownership interest is 10%.
ULSFO is ultra low-sulfur fuel oil.
Columbia
MGE and two other utilities jointly own Columbia, a coal-fired generating facility consisting of two units, which, as of December 31, 2025, accounted for 21% of MGE's net summer rated capacity. Power from this facility is shared in proportion to each owner's ownership interest. As of December 31, 2025, MGE had a 19% ownership interest in Columbia. The other owners are WPL, which operates Columbia, and WPSC. Operational, regulatory, and environmental regulation considerations have impacted and continue to impact Columbia's generation planning. MGE, as a minority owner, and Columbia's other co-owners continue to evaluate transitioning away from coal and continue to evaluate replacing the generation from Columbia while maintaining electric service reliability. MGE and Columbia's co-owners are exploring converting Columbia to natural gas.
The Columbia units burn low-sulfur sub-bituminous coal obtained from the Powder River Basin coal fields located in Wyoming. The coal inventory supply for the Columbia units was approximately 87 days as of December 31, 2024, and approximately 84 days as of December 31, 2025.
Elm Road Units and WCCF