# Fox Energy Center

MISO asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/fox-energy-center

Wisconsin Public Service Corporation - Outagamie County - MISO

Fox Energy Center is a natural gas-fired combined-cycle power plant with 618.8 MW of nameplate capacity across two combustion turbines and a steam turbine, located in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, near Kaukauna and Wrightstown. LLC, an entity then jointly held by subsidiaries of Tyr Energy and General Electric. Before that purchase, WPS had bought Fox's output under a long-term tolling and power-purchase agreement dating back to the plant's original commissioning, with Unit 2 entering service in June 2005 and Unit 1 in June 2006. The facility uses two GE 7FB combustion gas turbines paired with a heat-recovery steam turbine, and it cools using recycled water piped in from a nearby municipal sewage treatment plant. All three generating units remain in commercial operation, and no plant-wide retirement is scheduled. Fox sells into the MISO market, settling near Wisconsin Public Service price nodes such as WEC.PTBHGB1 and WEC.PTBHGB2.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 618.8 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 56031 — plant-56031

## Facts

- **Technology:** Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- **Operator:** Wisconsin Public Service Corporation

## Related parties

- **Parent company:** WEC Energy Group, Inc. — parent company ([source](https://www.wecenergygroup.com/))
- **Former owner / financier:** GE Energy Financial Services — 50% equity owner and financier ([source](https://www.ge.com/))
- **Developer:** Calpine Corporation — original project developer ([source](https://www.calpine.com/))
- **Equipment supplier:** General Electric (GE Power Systems) — combustion turbine OEM ([source](https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/7f))
- **Equipment supplier:** Toshiba International Corporation — steam turbine generator manufacturer
- **Construction contractor:** Oscar J. Boldt Construction Company — general contractor ([source](https://www.boldt.com/project/wisconsin-public-service-fox-energy-center-phase-i-and-ii/))
- **Construction contractor:** GE Financial Services — general contractor ([source](https://www.ge.com/))
- **Lender:** General Electric Capital Corporation; Union Bank of California, N.A.; ING Capital LLC; WestLB AG — project-financing lender group
- **Lender:** GE Commercial Finance Energy Financial Services — original sale/leaseback financier ([source](https://www.ge.com/))

## Sources

- [cicgroup.com](https://cicgroup.com/nooter-eriksen/heat-recovery-steam-generators-hrsgs) — cicgroup.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [tyrenergy.com](https://tyrenergy.com/tyr-energy-purchases-half-of-fox-energy-project-in-wisconsin-from-ge/) — tyrenergy.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [boldt.com](https://www.boldt.com/project/wisconsin-public-service-fox-energy-center-phase-i-and-ii) — boldt.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [gevernova.com](https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/7f) — gevernova.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/fox-energy-center
Website: [Wisconsin Public Service Corporation](https://www.wisconsinpublicservice.com/company/fox-energy)

Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/