Michigamme Falls
Hydro power plant · Iron County, Michigan
Nameplate capacity
9.6 MW
Rank in Michigan
#168
of 289 plants
In service since
1953
June 1953
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Wisconsin Electric Power Co
- County
- Iron County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among hydro plants in Michigan
- #10 of 51
- EIA plant code
- 1780
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 4.8 MW | 4.8 MW | 1953 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 4.8 MW | 4.8 MW | 1953 | 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
| Surbrook Solar, LLC | Solar | 10 MW |
| Marshall (MI) | Natural gas | 9.8 MW |
| Caro | Other | 9.4 MW |
| Cooke | Hydro | 9.0 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 9.6 MW solar plant and a 9.6 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