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Peoples Generating Station

Other power plant · Saginaw County, Michigan

Nameplate capacity
3.2 MW
Rank in Michigan
#229
of 289 plants
In service since
1995
September 1995

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Landfill Gas
Operator
County
Saginaw County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among other plants in Michigan
#50 of 55
EIA plant code
54890

Generating units

Individual generating units at Peoples Generating Station
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
GEN1Landfill Gas3.2 MW2.2 MW1995Operating

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 3.2 MW solar plant and a 3.2 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