Hydro Plant
Hydro power plant · St Joseph County, Michigan
Nameplate capacity
2.2 MW
Rank in Michigan
#237
of 289 plants
In service since
1983
April 1983
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- City of Sturgis - (MI)
- County
- St Joseph County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among hydro plants in Michigan
- #34 of 51
- EIA plant code
- 1856
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.7 MW | 0.7 MW | 1983 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.7 MW | 0.7 MW | 1983 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 2011 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 2011 | 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 2.2 MW solar plant and a 2.2 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