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- Wisconsin's industrial sector, including agriculture and the energy-intensive manufacture of food and beverages, is the state's largest energy-consuming end-use sector. The industrial sector accounts for three-tenths of the energy consumed in the state.
- In 2022, natural gas-fired generation surpassed coal for the first time in Wisconsin. In 2023, natural gas fueled 43% of the state's total net generation. Coal contributed 32% of the state’s total electricity net generation, down from 50% in 2018.
- In 2022, Wisconsin ranked ninth in the nation in fuel ethanol production. The state’s 9 ethanol plants can produce almost 587 million gallons of fuel ethanol per year, about twice the amount consumed in the state.
- Wisconsin's Point Beach Unit 1 is among the oldest operating nuclear reactors in the nation. The Point Beach nuclear power plant supplied about 15% of the state's net generation in 2023.
- Wisconsin consumes almost six times as much energy as the state produces.
Last Updated: September 19, 2024