Battle Creek Mill
Natural gas power plant · Calhoun County, Michigan
Nameplate capacity
2.0 MW
Rank in Michigan
#241
of 289 plants
In service since
1951
January 1951
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Steam Turbine
- Operator
- RockTenn-Battle Creek Mill
- County
- Calhoun County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Michigan
- #59 of 61
- EIA plant code
- 58052
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2TG | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 2.0 MW | 0.8 MW | 1951 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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
| 13 Mile Solar, LLC | Solar | 2.0 MW |
| Angola Solar, LLC | Solar | 2.0 MW |
| Bullhead Solar, LLC | Solar | 2.0 MW |
| Captain Solar, LLC | Solar | 2.0 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 2.0 MW solar plant and a 2.0 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