225th largest plant in Michigan · 9135th nationally
Battle Creek Mill is a natural gas power plant in Michigan with a nameplate capacity of 3.0 MW. It generates roughly 4.4k MWh per year — enough to power about 423 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 17% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 659 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (3.0 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Battle Creek Mill |
|---|---|
| Operator | Rocktenn-Battle Creek Mill |
| City | Battle Creek |
| County | Calhoun County |
| State | Michigan |
| ZIP | 49037 |
| Coordinates | 42.32210, -85.20430 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2TG | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 2.0 MW | Out of Service | 1951 |
| 1TG | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 1.0 MW | Retired | 1980 |
| CO₂ | 1.5k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 2 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 659 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | RFC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.. |
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.