Nameplate capacity
1,561 MW
Rank in Michigan
#6
of 289 plants
In service since
1962
October 1962
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Consumers Energy Co - (MI)
- County
- Ottawa County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 4.37%
- Rank among coal plants in Michigan
- #3 of 6
- EIA plant code
- 1710
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Conventional Steam Coal | 917 MW | 791 MW | 1980 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 379 MW | 280 MW | 1967 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 265 MW | 260 MW | 1962 | 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
| Midland Cogeneration Venture | Natural gas | 1,854 MW |
| Belle River | Coal | 1,664 MW |
| Dan E Karn | Natural gas | 1,402 MW |
| Fermi | Nuclear | 1,281 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 1,561 MW solar plant and a 1,561 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