Nameplate capacity
17 MW
Rank in Michigan
#137
of 289 plants
In service since
2025
July 2025
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Consumers Energy Co - (MI)
- County
- Wexford County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.05%
- Rank among hydro plants in Michigan
- #6 of 51
- EIA plant code
- 1708
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 8.5 MW | 2.1 MW | 2025 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 8.5 MW | 2.1 MW | 2025 | 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
| St Clair | Natural gas | 19 MW |
| Kent County Waste to Energy Facility | Other | 18 MW |
| Western Michigan University Power Plant | Natural gas | 17 MW |
| Big Quinnesec 92 | Hydro | 16 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 17 MW solar plant and a 17 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