Nameplate capacity
32 MW
Rank in Michigan
#101
of 289 plants
In service since
1931
June 1931
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Consumers Energy Co - (MI)
- County
- Newaygo County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 0.09%
- Rank among hydro plants in Michigan
- #3 of 51
- EIA plant code
- 1707
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 12 MW | 12 MW | 1931 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 10 MW | 11 MW | 1931 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 10 MW | 11 MW | 1931 | 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
| Ada Cogeneration LP | Natural gas | 33 MW |
| Minden Wind Park | Wind | 32 MW |
| GRS Arbor Hills | Other | 30 MW |
| Big Turtle Wind Farm 2 | Wind | 29 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 32 MW solar plant and a 32 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