Nelson Dewey Generating Station is a base load, coal

Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...

 fired, electrical

Electric power

Electric power is the rate at which electric energy is transferred by an electric circuit. The SI unit of power is the watt.-Circuits:Electric power, like mechanical power, is represented by the letter P in electrical equations...

 power station

Power station

A power station is an industrial facility for the generation of electric energy....

 located in Cassville, Wisconsin

Cassville, Wisconsin

Cassville is a village in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,085 at the 2000 census. The village is located along the Mississippi River within the Town of Cassville.-History:...

 in Grant County

Grant County, Wisconsin

Grant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 49,597. Its county seat is Lancaster. Estimates for 2008 show a population of 49,238...

. The station is owned by Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), an Alliant Energy

Alliant Energy

Alliant Energy Corporation is a public utility holding company that incorporated in Madison, Wisconsin in 1981. It consists of two subsidiaries:...

 company.

It is named for Nelson Dewey

Nelson Dewey

Nelson Dewey was a politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin; he was the first Governor of Wisconsin, serving from 1848 until 1852.- Early life :...

 (1813–1889), the first Governor of Wisconsin.

Units

Unit	Capacity (MW)	Commissioning	Notes
1		1959
2		1962

External links

http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/communications/Publications/ZMU/archive/00000198.html http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/regulatory/default.asp?pageid=1241 http://www.alliantenergy.com/docs/groups/public/documents/pub/p015319.pdf