Nameplate capacity
3.4 MW
Rank in Michigan
#222
of 289 plants
In service since
1988
February 1988
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Upper Peninsula Power Company
- County
- Marquette County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among hydro plants in Michigan
- #30 of 51
- EIA plant code
- 7115
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 2.0 MW | 1.2 MW | 1988 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.4 MW | 0.8 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.
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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 3.4 MW solar plant and a 3.4 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