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Kingsford

Hydro power plant · Dickinson County, Michigan

Nameplate capacity
7.2 MW
Rank in Michigan
#185
of 289 plants
In service since
2024
May 2024

Details

Primary fuel
Hydro
Technology
Conventional Hydroelectric
Operator
Wisconsin Electric Power Co
County
Dickinson County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.02%
Rank among hydro plants in Michigan
#20 of 51
EIA plant code
1778

Generating units

Individual generating units at Kingsford
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Conventional Hydroelectric2.4 MW2.4 MW2024Operating
2Conventional Hydroelectric2.4 MW2.4 MW2024Operating
3Conventional Hydroelectric2.4 MW2.4 MW2024Operating

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 7.2 MW solar plant and a 7.2 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