Nameplate capacity
4.3 MW
Rank in Michigan
#214
of 289 plants
In service since
1949
January 1949
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Consumers Energy Co - (MI)
- County
- Ionia County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among hydro plants in Michigan
- #27 of 51
- EIA plant code
- 1722
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 3.3 MW | 0.8 MW | 2007 | Operating |
| 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.0 MW | 0.2 MW | 1949 | 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
| Big Quinnesec 61 | Hydro | 4.4 MW |
| Buchanan (MI) | Hydro | 4.4 MW |
| Cargill Salt | Natural gas | 4.2 MW |
| Central Generating | Other | 4.0 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 4.3 MW solar plant and a 4.3 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