Indeck Niles Energy Center
Natural gas power plant · Cass County, Michigan
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Indeck Niles, LLC
- County
- Cass County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 3.28%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Michigan
- #5 of 60
- EIA plant code
- 55460
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 401 MW | 365 MW | 2022 | Operating |
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 387 MW | 358 MW | 2022 | Operating |
| CT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 387 MW | 358 MW | 2022 | 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
| Blue Water Energy Center | Natural gas | 1,267 MW |
| New Covert Generating Facility | Natural gas | 1,176 MW |
| Greenwood (MI) | Natural gas | 1,071 MW |
| Zeeland Generating Station | Natural gas | 968 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, August 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 1,174 MW solar plant and a 1,174 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