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Midland Cogeneration Venture

Natural gas power plant · Midland County, Michigan

Nameplate capacity
1,854 MW
Rank in Michigan
#4
of 289 plants
In service since
1989
June 1989

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Operator
Midland Cogeneration Venture
County
Midland County
Generating units
16
Share of state capacity
5.19%
Rank among natural gas plants in Michigan
#1 of 61
EIA plant code
10745

Generating units

Individual generating units at Midland Cogeneration Venture
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
ST1Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle410 MW410 MW1990Operating
ST2Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle380 MW380 MW1990Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used
GT10Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle87 MW88 MW1990Operating
GT11Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle87 MW88 MW1990Operating
GT12Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle87 MW88 MW1990Operating
GT13Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle87 MW88 MW1990Operating
GT14Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle87 MW88 MW1990Operating
GT3Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle87 MW88 MW1989Operating
GT4Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle87 MW88 MW1989Operating
GT5Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle87 MW88 MW1989Operating
GT6Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle87 MW88 MW1989Operating
GT7Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle87 MW88 MW1989Operating
GT8Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle87 MW88 MW1989Operating
GT9Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle87 MW88 MW1990Operating
BP15Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle13 MW13 MW1998Operating
1G12Petroleum Liquids5.2 MW5.2 MW1990Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used

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 1,854 MW solar plant and a 1,854 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