Power Plants Near 49795 — Vanderbilt, MI

13 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49795 (Vanderbilt, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.1532, -84.6511 · County: Otsego

Natural Gas 91%Biomass 5%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
8.9 mi	Gaylord - Consumers Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
9.3 mi	Livingston Generating Station Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	170 MW	Cms Generation Mi Power Llc
10.5 mi	Alpine Power Plant Elmira, MI	Natural Gas	454 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
10.8 mi	Gaylord - Wolverine Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	70 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
22.6 mi	Tower Tower, MI	Oil	21 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
22.6 mi	Kleber Onaway, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Tower Kleber Ltd Partnership
34.5 mi	Cheboygan Cheboygan, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Great Lakes Tissue Co
37.9 mi	Grayling Generating Station Grayling, MI	Biomass	39 MW	Northstar Clean Energy
41.9 mi	Kalkaska Ct #1 Kalkaska, MI	Natural Gas	61 MW	Michigan Public Power Agency
42.5 mi	Mio Mio, MI	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
42.7 mi	Straits Mackinaw City, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
42.7 mi	Lightfoot Solar, Llc Luzerne, MI	Solar	10 MW	Lightfoot Solar, Llc
45.5 mi	Little Trout Solar Rogers City, MI	Solar	—	Dte Electric Company

Power generation near this area

There are 13 power plants within 50 miles of Vanderbilt, Michigan (ZIP 49795), with a combined 833 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 13 nearby plants. The closest plant is Gaylord - Consumers at 8.9 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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