This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Michigan, sorted by type and name. In 2024, Michigan had a total summer capacity of 32.1 GW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 124,200 GWh. In 2025, the energy mix was 41.3% natural gas, 22.8% coal, 21.4% nuclear, 7.9% wind, 2.2% solar, 1.6% biomass, 1.4% petroleum, 1% hydroelectric, 0.3% other gases, and less than 0.1% other. Coal use has decreased by half over the last decade, replaced by natural gas and renewables. 60% of renewable generation is wind energy.
Michigan imports all coal and nuclear fuel (uranium), and 82% of natural gas. A goal to produce over 10% of electricity from in-state renewable sources was set in 2015. Major electric companies in Michigan include DTE Electric Company (11,000 MW) and Consumers Energy (9,000 MW).Michigan Energy Overview, Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, State of Michigan, Oct 31, 2011
Nuclear power stations Nuclear power is a significant source of electrical power in Michigan, producing roughly one-quarter of the state's supply. The two active nuclear power plants supply Michigan with less than 30% of its electricity.
Plant Location Power (MW) NotesDonald C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant Bridgman 2110 online 1975Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station (Unit 2) Monroe 1098 online 1988
Former nuclear power stations Plant Location Power (MW) NotesBig Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant Charlevoix 67 1962-1997Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station (Unit 1) Monroe 94 1957-1972Palisades Nuclear Power Plant South Haven 800 1971–2022,Palisades Power Plant shuts down early , WOODtv, Matt Jaworowski, May 20, 2022 planned reopening 2025
See also Midland Cogeneration Venture, a plant abandoned before completion.
Coal power stations
Coal power is the second leading source of electricity in Michigan. Although Michigan has no active coal mines, coal is easily moved from other states by train and across the Great Lakes by lake freighters. The lower price of natural gas is leading to the closure of most coal plants, with Consumer Energy planning to close all of its remaining coal plants by 2025,Consumers Energy Agrees to Stop Burning Coal by 2025, Sarah Cwiek, Michigan Radio, April 20, 2022 and DTE planning to retire 2100MW of coal power by 2023.DTE Electric plans to keep Belle River, Monroe coal plants running: official, Platts, 27 April 2018 All coal plants in Michigan are scheduled to close by 2032.
Plant Location Power (MW) Notes Belle River Power Plant St. Clair 1395 Repowering to natural gas in 2026. Filer City Station Filer City 70 Repowering to biomass by 2030. J.H. Campbell Power Plant Port Sheldon Township 1560 Units 1, 2 and 3 scheduled for closure in 2025 (1,391 MW). Monroe Power Plant Monroe 3400 Scheduled for closure in 2032.DTE to close last coal plant sooner under revised 20-year clean energy plan, Kayla Ruble, Carol Thompson, The Detroit News, July 12, 2023
Former coal plants
Plant Location Power (MW) Notes B.C. Cobb Power Plant Muskegon 320 Closed in April 2016. Bayside Power Plant Traverse City Decommissioned in 2005 after it had only served as an option for power generation during peak consumptions times for several years. Conners Creek Power Plant Detroit "Seven Sisters", imploded August 10, 1996 Conners Creek Power Plant Detroit 240 "Two Brothers", originally coal-fired, later natural gas, closed 1988, demolished 2019 D.E. Karn Generating Plant Hampton Township 544 Units 1 and 2 closed in June 2023 (272MW), units 3 and 4 re-powered to fuel oil and natural gas, planned to close by 2031 (272MW) Delray Power Plant Detroit Eckert Power Plant Lansing 240 Units 4-6 closed n December 2020. Unit 2 closed in 2014, units 1 and 3 closed in 2015.What's next for the Eckert Power Station?, Fox47 News, January 11, 2021 Endicott Generating Station Litchfield 55 Closed in May 2016. Erickson Power Plant Lansing 155 Closed in November 2022. Escanaba Generating Station Escanaba 23 Closed in June 2015.Ford Rouge Power Plant Dearborn 345 Ran on coal with blast furnace gas and natural gas. GM Pontiac Power Plant Pontiac 29 Closed in 2009. Harbor Beach Power Plant Harbor Beach 121 Closed in November 2013. J.B. Sims Power Plant Grand Haven 80 Closed in February 2020.June 2020 shutdown recommended for Sims plant, Grand Haven Tribune, Alex Doty, February 16, 2018Sims Generating Station in Grand Haven ceases operations, Grand Haven Tribune, February 15, 2020 J.R. Whiting Power Plant Monroe 328 Closed in April 2016. James De Young Power Plant Holland 63 Ceased burning coal in April 2016, closed in 2017, and was demolished in 2023 J.C. Weadock Generating Plant Hampton Township 310 Closed in April 2016. Marysville Power Plant Marysville 150 "Mighty Marysville" imploded November 7, 2015. Presque Isle Power Plant Marquette 431 Replaced in March 2019 with two new natural gas plants. River Rouge Power Plant River Rouge 840 One unit retired 2008, one in 2015, the last in 2021.River Rouge looks at plans beyond power plant, Joshua J. Paladino, The Detroit News, January 15, 2017DTE Retires River Rouge Coal-Fired Plant, POWER, June 6, 2021 S.D. Warren Power Plant Muskegon 51 Closed in 2009. Shiras Station Marquette 78 Closed in 2018. St. Clair Power Plant St. Clair 1378 Closed in May 2022. Largest power plant in the world in 1969.Trenton Channel Power Trenton 566Closed in June 2022 White Pine Power Plant White Pine 40 Can also run on natural gas. Closed in 2019.
Natural gas power stations Michigan has some of its own natural gas production and is a leading state for natural gas transport and storage. Declining prices for natural gas in the early 21st century led to an increase in the number of natural gas power plants. Consumers Energy announced a new 700 MW plant to be built near Flint beginning about 2015,Consumers Energy announces plans to build a major new natural gas power plant in Genesee county; project investment estimated at $750 million with about 600 jobs created, Consumers Energy, December 14, 2012 while the city of Holland replaced its coal plant with a 114 MW natural gas plant.Holland approves $182 million natural gas power plant, electric generation could start in 2016, Greg Chandler, The Grand Rapids Press, December 05, 2012 In April 2018, DTE received permission for a 1,100 MW natural gas plant to replace a coal plant in St. Clair.DTE gets approval to build $1 billion gas-fired power plant in St. Clair County, Crain's Detroit Business, April 27, 2018
Plant Location Power (MW) Notes 48th Street Generation Station Holland 142 Two of the three units can use fuel oil. A.J. Mihm Generating Station L'Anse 54.9 Alpine Generating Facility Elmira 440 General Electric F class Belle River Power Plant East China Township, Michigan 256 3x General Electric 7EA simple cycle gas turbines Blue Water Energy Center East China Township, Michigan 1150 Natural gas-fueled combined-cycle, started operation in 2022 D.E. Karn Generating Plant Hampton Township 272 Can run on fuel oil and natural gas Dean Peaking Station East China Township, Michigan 336 4x General Electric 7EA simple cycle gas turbines Dearborn Industrial Generation Dearborn 710 In the Ford River Rouge Complex, natural gas with blast furnace gas Delray Peaking Facility Detroit 127 Delta Energy Park Delta Township 226 Lansing Board of Water and Light F.D. Kuester Generating Station Negaunee Township 128.1 Hancock Commerce Township 141 Hersey Hersey Township 50 2 simple-cycle Rolls-Royce RB 211 aero turbines Holland Energy Park Holland 130 Indeck Niles Power Plant Niles 1084 Built 2022 Indeck Niles Combined-Cycle Power Plant, Michigan, US, Power Technology, July 13, 2022 Jackson Generating Station Jackson 564 Owned and operated by Consumers Energy Kalamazoo River Generating Station Comstock 68 CMS Enterprises, 2012 Livingston Generating Station Gaylord 156 Marquette Energy Center Marquette 50 Michigan Power Ludington 123 Midland Cogeneration Venture Midland 1560 Re-purposed from a never completed nuclear plant Mistersky Gas Power Plant Detroit 154 New Covert Generating Facility Covert, Michigan 1159 REO Town Cogeneration Plant Lansing, Michigan 110 Also produces steam Renaissance Power Carson City 660 River Rouge Power Plant River Rouge260 Unit 1 Sumpter Plant Sumpter 340 4x General Electric 7EA simple cycle gas turbines T. B. Simon Power Plant East Lansing 100 Switched to natural gas in April 2016 Thetford Genesee 222 University of Michigan Central Power Plant Ann Arbor 60 Vestaburg Richland Township 20 Wyandotte Municipal Power Plant Wyandotte 73 Formerly used coal, natural gas and tire derived fuel Zeeland Generating Station Zeeland 868
Oil power stations Fuel oils and other liquid fuels are only minorly used in Michigan for power generation. Some units burn liquid fuel only, while some multiple fuel units sometimes use liquid fuels as well.
Plant Location Power (MW) Notes Belle River Power Plant St. Clair 14 Units IC1, IC2, 3, 4, and 5 Dafter Dafter 7.2 Built December 2021St. Clair Power Plant St. Clair 24 Units 11 and 12Superior Peaking Station Superior Township 76 Oil-fired (#2) combustion turbines installed 1966. Also has 300 HP black-start diesel engine.
Former plants Plant Location Power (MW) Notes 6th Street Generating Station Holland 22 Closed June 2023 Grand Haven Diesel Plant Grand Haven 22 Uses a mix of #2 oil and biofuel. Engine #1 built in 1929, closed June 2020. Newberry Power Newberry 4.5 Last used in 2019, closed March 2023 Vestaburg Richland Township 6 Petroleum liquids, closed 2017William Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak 4 Petroleum liquids, closed 2022
Multiple-fuel Multiple-fuel units may alter their fuel source depending to balance pricing, availability, and energy content.
Plant Location Power (MW) Notes Dan E. Karn 3 & 4 Essexville 1000 Natural gas and/or oil-fired Greenwood Energy Center Avoca 785 Natural gas, fuel oil, tall oil, biodiesel T.E.S. Filer City Station Filer City 60 Coal, wood waste, petroleum coke, tire derived fuel, in 2018 being converted to 225MW natural gas only
Municipal solid waste Waste to energy plants which use garbage to produce power are a minor source of Michigan's electricity.
Plant Location Power (MW) Notes Jackson County Resource Recovery Jackson 3.7 With natural gas Kent County Waste To Energy Kent 18
Former plants
Plant Location Power (MW) Notes Detroit waste incinerator Detroit 68 Shut down in March 2019
Landfill gas Landfill gas plants, which use methane collected from garbage dumps to power electrical generators, are in use near a number of Michigan landfills, but are only a minor source of power.
This table only includes plants larger than 4 MW.[michigan.gov/documents/energy/lmopdatami_411718_7.xls], State of Michigan
Plant Location Power (MW) NotesArbor Hills Landfill Salem 28.7 Two plants Carleton Farms Landfill Carleton 4.0 EDL / Brent Run LandfillMontrose5.6EDL / Citizens Disposal LandfillGrand Blanc7.2Two plantsEDL / Ottawa County Farms LandfillCoopersville5.6Two plants Pine Tree Acres Landfill New Haven 21.6 Two plantsWaste Management to Open 12.8 MW Landfill Energy Plant in Michigan, Waste Management, June 15, 2012 Riverview Land Preserve Riverview 6.6 Southeast Berrien County Landfill Buchanan 4.8
Former plants
Plant Location Power (MW) NotesEDL Wood Road LandfillLansing8.0Two plants, closed September 2021
Biomass/waste power plants Biomass power plants in Michigan often use waste from the lumber industry. Smaller units use food waste, or cow, pig and turkey waste.