Capitol Heat and Power Plant

Capitol Heat and Power Plant is a coal-fired power station in Madison, Wisconsin.

In August 2008, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle announced that two aging coal plants, the Charter Street Heating Plant and the Capitol Heat and Power Plant, both located in Dane County, will be shut down and replaced with cleaner systems. The decision followed legal action and grassroots protests and lobbying by members of the Sierra Club, students at the University of Wisconsin, and other activists.

In 2010, Capitol Heat and Power stopped burning coal. Instead, the downtown Madison plant will use natural gas to heat and cool office buildings in the area.

Plant Data

 * Owner: State of Wisconsin
 * Plant Nameplate Capacity: 3.0 MW
 * Units and In-Service Dates: 1.5 MW (1963), 1.5 MW (1964)
 * Location: 624 East Main St., Madison, WI 53703
 * GPS Coordinates: 43.078394, -89.377251
 * Electricity Production:
 * Coal Consumption:
 * Coal Source:
 * Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

 * CO2 Emissions:
 * SO2 Emissions: 71 tons (2002)
 * SO2 Emissions per MWh:
 * NOx Emissions: 44 tons (2002)
 * Mercury Emissions:

Related SourceWatch Articles

 * Existing U.S. Coal Plants
 * Wisconsin and coal
 * United States and coal
 * Global warming

External Articles

 * Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2005, Energy Information Administration, accessed Jan. 2009.
 * Environmental Integrity Project, "Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants", July 2007.
 * Facility Registry System, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed Jan. 2009.
 * Carbon Monitoring for Action database, accessed Feb. 2009.