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Hancock

Natural gas power plant · Oakland County, Michigan

Nameplate capacity
122 MW
Rank in Michigan
#52
of 289 plants
In service since
1966
April 1966

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
Operator
DTE Electric Company
County
Oakland County
Generating units
4
Share of state capacity
0.34%
Rank among natural gas plants in Michigan
#22 of 61
EIA plant code
1730

Generating units

Individual generating units at Hancock
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
5Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine42 MW32 MW1970Operating
6Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine42 MW33 MW1966Operating
1Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine19 MW11 MW1967Operating
3Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine19 MW17 MW1967Operating

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 122 MW solar plant and a 122 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