French Landing Dam
Hydro power plant · Wayne County, Michigan
Nameplate capacity
1.6 MW
Rank in Michigan
#266
of 289 plants
In service since
1988
December 1988
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC
- County
- Wayne County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.00%
- Rank among hydro plants in Michigan
- #42 of 51
- EIA plant code
- 50437
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRL1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.6 MW | 1.6 MW | 1988 | 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
| Way Dam | Hydro | 1.8 MW |
| Cascade Dam (MI) | Hydro | 1.6 MW |
| Mottville | Hydro | 1.6 MW |
| Venice Resources Gas Recovery | Other | 1.6 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 1.6 MW solar plant and a 1.6 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