F.D. Kuester Generating Station
Natural gas power plant · Marquette County, Michigan
Nameplate capacity
132 MW
Rank in Michigan
#48
of 289 plants
In service since
2019
March 2019
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- Upper Michigan Energy Resources Company
- County
- Marquette County
- Generating units
- 7
- Share of state capacity
- 0.37%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Michigan
- #20 of 61
- EIA plant code
- 61392
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 19 MW | 19 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| K2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 19 MW | 19 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| K3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 19 MW | 19 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| K4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 19 MW | 19 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| K5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 19 MW | 19 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| K6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 19 MW | 19 MW | 2019 | Operating |
| K7 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 19 MW | 19 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
| White Tail Solar | Solar | 140 MW |
| Michigan Power LP | Natural gas | 138 MW |
| T B Simon Power Plant | Natural gas | 128 MW |
| Calhoun County Solar Project | Solar | 125 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 132 MW solar plant and a 132 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