Power Plants Near 49797 — Waters, MI

14 power plants within 50 miles of ZIP 49797 (Waters, Michigan). Click any plant for capacity, generation, emissions, and generator-level detail.

Centroid: 44.8702, -84.6598 · County: Otsego

Natural Gas 89%Biomass 5%Oil 3%

Distance	Plant	Fuel	Capacity	Operator
9.8 mi	Gaylord - Wolverine Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	70 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
11.3 mi	Gaylord - Consumers Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	—	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
11.6 mi	Livingston Generating Station Gaylord, MI	Natural Gas	170 MW	Cms Generation Mi Power Llc
15.6 mi	Alpine Power Plant Elmira, MI	Natural Gas	454 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
18.4 mi	Grayling Generating Station Grayling, MI	Biomass	39 MW	Northstar Clean Energy
28.9 mi	Lightfoot Solar, Llc Luzerne, MI	Solar	10 MW	Lightfoot Solar, Llc
29.4 mi	Kalkaska Ct #1 Kalkaska, MI	Natural Gas	61 MW	Michigan Public Power Agency
29.7 mi	Mio Mio, MI	Hydroelectric	5 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
38.4 mi	Tower Tower, MI	Oil	21 MW	Wolverine Power Supply Coop
39.4 mi	Kleber Onaway, MI	Hydroelectric	2 MW	Tower Kleber Ltd Partnership
47.1 mi	Alcona Glennie, MI	Hydroelectric	8 MW	Consumers Energy Co - (Mi)
48.5 mi	Lake City Lake City, MI	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
49.3 mi	Morey Road Lake City, MI	Solar	2 MW	Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
49.4 mi	Workman Road Solar Farm, Llc Lake City, MI	Solar	2 MW	Workman Road Solar Farm, Llc

Power generation near this area

There are 14 power plants within 50 miles of Waters, Michigan (ZIP 49797), with a combined 845 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the most common fuel type in this area with 5 of the 14 nearby plants. The closest plant is Gaylord - Wolverine at 9.8 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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