Detour

Other power plant · Chippewa County, Michigan

Nameplate capacity
6.0 MW
Rank in Michigan
#194
of 289 plants
In service since
1973
October 1973

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
Cloverland Electric Co-op
County
Chippewa County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.02%
Rank among other plants in Michigan
#32 of 55
EIA plant code
6369

Generating units

Individual generating units at Detour
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
6Petroleum Liquids3.0 MW2.5 MW1973Operating
7Petroleum Liquids3.0 MW2.5 MW1976Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 6.0 MW solar plant and a 6.0 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