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EIA plant 10234

Wisconsin Rapids · Wood · WI

Biron Mill

Operated by ND Paper, Inc.

Annual generation95,679 MWhSum of represented EIA-923 rows
Fuel codesBIT, NG, SUBCodes retained from EIA records
Grid contextMidcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..Balancing authority or NERC region

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44.430000, -89.780000

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Capacity is not generation. Nameplate MW describes equipment; annual MWh describes recorded output. Proposed and retired units are not added to operating capacity.

Equipment mix

Operating capacity by technology

TechnologyConventional Steam Coal38.5 MW represented
TechnologyNatural Gas Steam Turbine23.1 MW represented

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Electricity output across the year

Monthly net generation shows the seasonal shape of this plant's represented output. A negative value is retained when the source reports net consumption.

114,716.6
215,285.1
311,424.69
44,711.23
56,914.16
64,371.29
74,475.96
83,997.73
94,413.54
107,373.18
119,036.42
128,959.6

MWh net generation · 2024 final edition · EIA 923 represented operating rows. 12 of 12 supplied rows shown; 0 missing values omitted. Months with no reported numeric value are omitted, not treated as zero.

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Electricity output across the year — MWh net generation
RecordMWh net generation
114,716.6
215,285.1
311,424.69
44,711.23
56,914.16
64,371.29
74,475.96
83,997.73
94,413.54
107,373.18
119,036.42
128,959.6

2024 monthly net generation

MonthNet generation
114,717 MWh
215,285 MWh
311,425 MWh
44,711 MWh
56,914 MWh
64,371 MWh
74,476 MWh
83,998 MWh
94,414 MWh
107,373 MWh
119,036 MWh
128,960 MWh

Operating generators

IDTechnologyFuelMWStatus
GEN5Conventional Steam CoalSUB21.5OP
GEN1Conventional Steam CoalBIT17OA
GEN4Natural Gas Steam TurbineNG15.6OP
GEN3Natural Gas Steam TurbineNG7.5OP

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Identity, technology and limitations
EIA plant ID
10234
Sector
Industrial CHP
Water source
Wisconsin River
Data edition
2024-final

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Variation in the published months

Across 12 numeric monthly generation entries, 2 has the highest recorded value (15,285 MWh) and 8 the lowest (3,998 MWh). Their difference is 11,287 MWh. Missing months have not been treated as zero.

Reading the MW column

In the 4 numeric rows displayed in this table, MW ranges from 7.5 (GEN3) to 21.5 (GEN5). The difference is 14 in the column's stated units. This summary covers the displayed rows and retains the table's period and scope.

Generator capacity in different operating conditions

Generator IDTechnologyNameplate MWSummer MWWinter MWMinimum load MW
GEN1Conventional Steam Coal17.015.315.315.3
GEN3Natural Gas Steam Turbine7.57.57.57.5
GEN4Natural Gas Steam Turbine15.612.512.512.5
GEN5Conventional Steam Coal21.520.020.020.0

EIA-860 2024 final source. Ratings describe capacity, not actual generation or availability. Missing ratings are not zero.

Source: US Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860 2024 plant and operable-generator workbooks; archive 2024. US EIA-authored information is generally public domain; cite EIA, preserve third-party exceptions, changes and no-endorsement context. Source-specific derived data.

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