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Putnam (MI)

Other power plant · Oakland County, Michigan

Nameplate capacity
14 MW
Rank in Michigan
#149
of 289 plants
In service since
1971
June 1971

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
#19 of 55
EIA plant code
1739

Generating units

Individual generating units at Putnam (MI)
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Petroleum Liquids2.7 MW2.0 MW1971Operating
2Petroleum Liquids2.7 MW3.0 MW1971Operating
3Petroleum Liquids2.7 MW3.0 MW1971Operating
4Petroleum Liquids2.7 MW3.0 MW1971Operating
5Petroleum Liquids2.7 MW3.0 MW1971Operating

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