Power Plants Near 49727 — East Jordan, MI

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49727 (East Jordan, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.1539, -85.1387 · County: Charlevoix

Natural Gas 91%Biomass 5%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
16.5 mi	Alpine Power Plant Elmira, MI	Natural Gas	454 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
21.6 mi	Livingston Generating Station Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	170 MW	Cms Generation Mi Power Llc
22.8 mi	Gaylord - Wolverine Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	70 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
22.9 mi	Gaylord - Consumers Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
32.3 mi	Kalkaska Ct #1 Kalkaska, MI	Natural Gas	61 MW	Michigan Public Power Agency
37.6 mi	Green Lake Solar Interlochen, MI	Solar	1 MW	Heritage Sustainable Energy. Llc
37.6 mi	Tclp Solar Phase 1 Traverse City, MI	Solar	1 MW	Heritage Sustainable Energy. Llc
37.9 mi	M72 West Solar Traverse City, MI	Solar	2 MW	Heritage Sustainable Energy. Llc
42.5 mi	Kleber Onaway, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Tower Kleber Ltd Partnership
43.5 mi	Tower Tower, MI	Oil	21 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
43.8 mi	Grayling Generating Station Grayling, MI	Biomass	39 MW	Northstar Clean Energy
43.9 mi	Beaver Island Beaver Island, MI	Oil	3 MW	Great Lakes Energy Coop
46.2 mi	Cheboygan Cheboygan, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Great Lakes Tissue Co
46.2 mi	Straits Mackinaw City, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of East Jordan, Michigan (ZIP 49727), with a combined 825 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is Alpine Power Plant at 16.5 miles.

Nameplate capacity is the maximum output a plant can produce under ideal conditions — actual generation depends on fuel availability, demand, and maintenance schedules. Capacity factor (shown on individual plant pages) measures how much of that theoretical maximum a plant actually delivers over a year. Nuclear plants typically run above 90%; solar and wind range from 20–45% depending on location and weather.

All data comes from federal EIA and EPA releases. For a printable version of this proximity search, use the report link below. To explore all plants in Michigan, visit the Michigan state page.

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