🔥 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.

Where natural gas plants sit in Michigan

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

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