Power Plants Near 49796 — Walloon Lake, MI

11 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49796 (Walloon Lake, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 45.2661, -84.9337 · County: Charlevoix

Natural Gas 92%Biomass 5%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
14.9 mi	Alpine Power Plant Elmira, MI	Natural Gas	454 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
19.1 mi	Livingston Generating Station Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	170 MW	Cms Generation Mi Power Llc
19.8 mi	Gaylord - Consumers Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
20.8 mi	Gaylord - Wolverine Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	70 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
30.4 mi	Kleber Onaway, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Tower Kleber Ltd Partnership
31.7 mi	Tower Tower, MI	Oil	21 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
33.8 mi	Cheboygan Cheboygan, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Great Lakes Tissue Co
35.6 mi	Straits Mackinaw City, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
42.0 mi	Kalkaska Ct #1 Kalkaska, MI	Natural Gas	61 MW	Michigan Public Power Agency
42.9 mi	Beaver Island Beaver Island, MI	Oil	3 MW	Great Lakes Energy Coop
47.2 mi	Grayling Generating Station Grayling, MI	Biomass	39 MW	Northstar Clean Energy

Power generation near this area

There are 11 power plants within 50 miles of Walloon Lake, Michigan (ZIP 49796), with a combined 821 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 6 of the 11 nearby plants. The closest plant is Alpine Power Plant at 14.9 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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