Nameplate capacity
3,293 MW
Rank in Michigan
#1
of 289 plants
In service since
1969
November 1969
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- DTE Electric Company
- County
- Monroe County
- Generating units
- 9
- Share of state capacity
- 9.21%
- Rank among coal plants in Michigan
- #1 of 6
- EIA plant code
- 1733
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Conventional Steam Coal | 823 MW | 773 MW | 1973 | Operating |
| 3 | Conventional Steam Coal | 823 MW | 773 MW | 1973 | Operating |
| 1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 817 MW | 758 MW | 1971 | Operating |
| 4 | Conventional Steam Coal | 817 MW | 762 MW | 1974 | Operating |
| IC1 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.7 MW | 2.0 MW | 1969 | Operating |
| IC2 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.7 MW | 3.0 MW | 1969 | Operating |
| IC3 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.7 MW | 3.0 MW | 1969 | Operating |
| IC4 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.7 MW | 3.0 MW | 1969 | Operating |
| IC5 | Petroleum Liquids | 2.7 MW | 3.0 MW | 1969 | 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
| Donald C Cook | Nuclear | 2,285 MW |
| Ludington | Hydro | 1,979 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 3,293 MW solar plant and a 3,293 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