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Placid 12

Other power plant · Oakland County, Michigan

Nameplate capacity
14 MW
Rank in Michigan
#148
of 289 plants
In service since
1970
November 1970

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
DTE Electric Company
County
Oakland County
Generating units
5
Share of state capacity
0.04%
Rank among other plants in Michigan
#18 of 55
EIA plant code
1737

Generating units

Individual generating units at Placid 12
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Petroleum Liquids2.7 MW2.0 MW1970Operating
2Petroleum Liquids2.7 MW3.0 MW1970Operating
3Petroleum Liquids2.7 MW3.0 MW1970Operating
4Petroleum Liquids2.7 MW3.0 MW1970Operating
5Petroleum Liquids2.7 MW3.0 MW1970Operating

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 14 MW solar plant and a 14 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