Alpine Power Plant
Natural gas power plant · Otsego County, Michigan
Nameplate capacity
454 MW
Rank in Michigan
#18
of 289 plants
In service since
2016
June 2016
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Wolverine Power Supply Coop
- County
- Otsego County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 1.27%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Michigan
- #11 of 61
- EIA plant code
- 59926
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 227 MW | 204 MW | 2016 | Operating |
| AI2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 227 MW | 202 MW | 2016 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Michigan
| Dearborn Industrial Generation | Natural gas | 748 MW |
| Jackson Generating Station | Natural gas | 649 MW |
| Isabella Wind Park | Wind | 384 MW |
| Dean | Natural gas | 358 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 454 MW solar plant and a 454 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Michigan power plants · What Michigan actually generates