Dearborn Energy Center
Natural gas power plant · Wayne County, Michigan
Nameplate capacity
35 MW
Rank in Michigan
#98
of 289 plants
In service since
2019
December 2019
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- DTE Electric Company
- County
- Wayne County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.10%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Michigan
- #33 of 61
- EIA plant code
- 62289
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTG-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 15 MW | 11 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| GTG-2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 15 MW | 11 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| STG-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 5.0 MW | 4.5 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
| Genesee Power Station LP | Other | 40 MW |
| Grayling Generating Station | Other | 39 MW |
| Ada Cogeneration LP | Natural gas | 33 MW |
| Minden Wind Park | Wind | 32 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 35 MW solar plant and a 35 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