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George Johnson

Natural gas power plant · Osceola County, Michigan

Nameplate capacity
51 MW
Rank in Michigan
#88
of 289 plants
In service since
1993
September 1993

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
Wolverine Power Supply Coop
County
Osceola County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.14%
Rank among natural gas plants in Michigan
#31 of 61
EIA plant code
1877

Generating units

Individual generating units at George Johnson
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
10Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine25 MW26 MW2000Operating
9Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine25 MW25 MW2000Operating
11Petroleum Liquids1.0 MW1.0 MW1993Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used

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 51 MW solar plant and a 51 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