Renaissance Power Plant
Natural gas power plant · Montcalm County, Michigan
Nameplate capacity
782 MW
Rank in Michigan
#15
of 289 plants
In service since
2002
March 2002
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- DTE Electric Company
- County
- Montcalm County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 2.19%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Michigan
- #8 of 61
- EIA plant code
- 55402
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 196 MW | 163 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| CT2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 196 MW | 163 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| CT3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 196 MW | 163 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| CT4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 196 MW | 163 MW | 2002 | 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
| Zeeland Generating Station | Natural gas | 968 MW |
| Palisades | Nuclear | 812 MW |
| Dearborn Industrial Generation | Natural gas | 748 MW |
| Jackson Generating Station | Natural gas | 649 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 782 MW solar plant and a 782 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