🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in Michigan
Michigan operates 70 natural gas power plants totaling 13,416 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 55.4M MWh.
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.
Plants70operating
Capacity13,415 MWnameplate
Generation55.4M MWhannual
All Michigan natural gas plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midland Cogeneration Venture | Midland | Midland County | 1,854 MW | Midland Cogeneration Venture |
| Blue Water Energy Center | East China | St Clair County | 1,267 MW | Dte Electric Company |
| New Covert Generating Facility | Covert | Van Buren County | 1,176 MW | Consumers Energy Co - (Mi) |
| Indeck Niles Energy Center | Niles | Cass County | 1,174 MW | Indeck Niles, Llc |
| Greenwood (Mi) | Avoca | St Clair County | 1,071 MW | Dte Electric Company |
| Zeeland Generating Station | Zeeland | Ottawa County | 968 MW | Consumers Energy Co - (Mi) |
| Renaissance Power Plant | Carson City | Montcalm County | 782 MW | Dte Electric Company |
| Dearborn Industrial Generation | Dearborn | Wayne County | 748 MW | Dearborn Industrial Gen Inc |
| Jackson Generating Station | Jackson | Jackson County | 649 MW | Consumers Energy Co - (Mi) |
| Alpine Power Plant | Elmira | Otsego County | 454 MW | Wolverine Power Supply Coop |
| Dean | East China | St Clair County | 358 MW | Dte Electric Company |
| Sumpter | Belleville | Wayne County | 340 MW | Wolverine Power Supply Coop |
| Delta Energy Park | Lansing | Eaton County | 263 MW | Lansing Board Of Water And Light |
| Livingston Generating Station | Gaylord | Otsego County | 170 MW | Cms Generation Mi Power Llc |
| 491 E 48th Street | Holland | Allegan County | 162 MW | City Of Holland |
| Holland Energy Park | Holland | Ottawa County | 149 MW | City Of Holland |
| Delray | Detroit | Wayne County | 142 MW | Dte Electric Company |
| Michigan Power Lp | Ludington | Mason County | 138 MW | Michigan Power Limited Partnership |
| F.d. Kuester Generating Station | Negaunee | Marquette County | 132 MW | Upper Michigan Energy Resources Company |
| Northeast (Mi) | Warren | Macomb County | 130 MW | Dte Electric Company |
| T B Simon Power Plant | East Lansing | Ingham County | 128 MW | Michigan State University |
| Escanaba Mill | Escanaba | Delta County | 122 MW | Billerud Escanaba Llc |
| Hancock | Commerce Twp | Oakland County | 122 MW | Dte Electric Company |
| Lansing Bwl Reo Town Plant | Lansing | Ingham County | 98 MW | Lansing Board Of Water And Light |
| Kalamazoo River Generating Station | Comstock | Kalamazoo County | 77 MW | Cms Generation Mi Power Llc |
| Gaylord - Wolverine | Gaylord | Otsego County | 70 MW | Wolverine Power Supply Coop |
| Kalkaska Ct #1 | Kalkaska | Kalkaska County | 61 MW | Michigan Public Power Agency |
| University Of Michigan | Ann Arbor | Washtenaw County | 60 MW | University Of Michigan |
| A.j. Mihm Generating Station | Pelkie | Baraga County | 56 MW | Upper Michigan Energy Resources Company |
| Marquette Energy Center | Marquette | Marquette County | 51 MW | City Of Marquette - (Mi) |
| George Johnson | Hersey | Osceola County | 51 MW | Wolverine Power Supply Coop |
| Wyandotte | Wyandotte | Wayne County | 49 MW | Wyandotte Municipal Serv Comm |
| Dearborn Energy Center | Dearborn | Wayne County | 35 MW | Dte Electric Company |
| Ada Cogeneration Lp | Ada | Kent County | 33 MW | Ada Cogeneration Llc |
| Claude Vandyke | Dorr | Allegan County | 25 MW | Wolverine Power Supply Coop |
| St Clair | East China Twp | St Clair County | 24 MW | Dte Electric Company |
| Vestaburg | Vestaburg | Montcalm County | 24 MW | Wolverine Power Supply Coop |
| Zeeland | Zeeland | Ottawa County | 22 MW | City Of Zeeland - (Mi) |
| Otsego Mill Power Plant | Otsego | Allegan County | 21 MW | Otsego Paper Inc |
| Pca, Filer City Mill | Filer City | Manistee County | 20 MW | Pca, Filer City Mill |
| Western Michigan University Power Plant | Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo County | 17 MW | Western Michigan University |
| Coldwater Peaking Plant | Coldwater | Branch County | 13 MW | Coldwater Board Of Public Util |
| Warner Lambert | Ann Arbor | Washtenaw County | 12 MW | University Of Michigan Ncampus Research |
| Hillsdale | Hillsdale | Hillsdale County | 12 MW | Hillsdale Board Of Public Wks |
| The Andersons Albion Ethanol Llc | Albion | Calhoun County | 10 MW | The Andersons Albion Ethanol Llc |
| Riley Generating Station | Zeeland | Ottawa County | 10 MW | City Of Zeeland - (Mi) |
| East. Michigan Univ. Heating Plant | Ypsilanti | Washtenaw County | 8 MW | East. Michigan Univ. Heating Plant |
| Pine Street | Sebewaing | Huron County | 8 MW | Village Of Sebewaing - (Mi) |
| Decorative Panels Intl | Alpena | Alpena County | 8 MW | Decorative Panels International, Inc. |
| Chatham | Lowell | Kent County | 7 MW | City Of Lowell - (Mi) |
| Sturgis City Diesel Plant | Sturgis | St Joseph County | 6 MW | City Of Sturgis - (Mi) |
| E.b. Eddy Paper Inc | Port Huron | St Clair County | 5 MW | Port Huron Multimodal Hub, Llc |
| Central Michigan University | Mt. Pleasant | Isabella County | 5 MW | Central Michigan University |
| Cargill Salt | St. Clair | St Clair County | 4 MW | Cargill Inc |
| Poet Biorefining Caro, Llc | Caro | Tuscola County | 4 MW | Poet Biorefining Caro, Llc |
| Lorin Industries | Muskegon | Muskegon County | 3 MW | Lorin Industries |
| Battle Creek Mill | Battle Creek | Calhoun County | 3 MW | Rocktenn-Battle Creek Mill |
| Cargill Salt Hersey | Hersey | Osceola County | 2 MW | Cargill Salt Hersey |
| Municipal Power Plant | Zeeland | Ottawa County | 2 MW | City Of Zeeland - (Mi) |
| Msc Croswell | Croswell | Sanilac County | 1 MW | Michigan Sugar Company |
| B E Morrow | Comstock | Kalamazoo County | — | Consumers Energy Co - (Mi) |
| Gaylord - Consumers | Gaylord | Otsego County | — | Consumers Energy Co - (Mi) |
| Straits | Mackinaw City | Emmet County | — | Consumers Energy Co - (Mi) |
| Thetford | Mount Morris | Genesee County | — | Consumers Energy Co - (Mi) |
| Conners Creek | Detroit | Wayne County | — | Dte Electric Company |
| Lowell | Lowell | Kent County | — | City Of Lowell - (Mi) |
| Wood Road | Lansing | Clinton County | — | Energy Developments, Inc D/B/A Edl |
| Grs Lyon | New Hudson | Washtenaw County | — | Gas Recovery Systems Inc |
| Mec North | Marshall | Calhoun County | — | Mec North |
| Mec South | Marshall | Calhoun County | — | Mec South |