Nameplate capacity
812 MW
Rank in Michigan
#14
of 289 plants
In service since
1972
March 1972
Details
- Primary fuel
- Nuclear
- Technology
- Nuclear
- Operator
- Holtec Palisades, LLC
- County
- Van Buren County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 2.27%
- Rank among nuclear plants in Michigan
- #3 of 3
- EIA plant code
- 1715
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuclear | 812 MW | 769 MW | 1972 | Out of service but expected to return to service in next calendar year |
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
| Greenwood (MI) | Natural gas | 1,071 MW |
| Zeeland Generating Station | Natural gas | 968 MW |
| Renaissance Power Plant | Natural gas | 782 MW |
| Dearborn Industrial Generation | Natural gas | 748 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 812 MW solar plant and a 812 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