Buchanan (MI)
Hydro power plant · Berrien County, Michigan
Nameplate capacity
4.4 MW
Rank in Michigan
#213
of 289 plants
In service since
1927
January 1927
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Indiana Michigan Power Co
- County
- Berrien County
- Generating units
- 10
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among hydro plants in Michigan
- #26 of 51
- EIA plant code
- 1754
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.5 MW | 0.2 MW | 1927 | Operating |
| 7 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.5 MW | 0.2 MW | 1927 | Operating |
| 8 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.5 MW | 0.2 MW | 1927 | Operating |
| 9 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.5 MW | 0.2 MW | 1927 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.4 MW | 0.2 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.4 MW | 0.2 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.4 MW | 0.2 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.4 MW | 0.2 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| 5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.4 MW | 0.2 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| 6 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.4 MW | 0.2 MW | 2019 | 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
| Corewell Health Dearborn Campus | Other | 4.5 MW |
| Big Quinnesec 61 | Hydro | 4.4 MW |
| Webber | Hydro | 4.3 MW |
| Cargill Salt | Natural gas | 4.2 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 4.4 MW solar plant and a 4.4 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