How many hydro power plants are in Michigan?

Michigan has 53 operating utility-scale hydro power plants with 2.3 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest hydro power plant in Michigan?

Ludington in Mason County, Michigan is the largest, at 1,979 MW. It came online in 1973.

How many hydro power plants were built in Michigan in 2025?

0 hydro power plants came online in Michigan in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.

Who is developing hydro power plants in Michigan?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Hydro power plants in Michigan

Michigan has 53 operating hydro power plants with 2.3 GW of capacity.

Operating53

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 50 MW50–249 MW250 MW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Michigan had 53 hydro power plants online in 2016 and 53 in 2026

2016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’252026’26

Hydro power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest hydro power plants in Michigan

Operating, by capacity

#	Hydro power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Ludington	Mason County	1973	1,979 MW
2	Edison Sault	Chippewa County	1963	42 MW
3	Hardy	Newaygo County	1931	32 MW
4	Saint Marys Falls	Chippewa County	1954	24 MW
5	C W Tippy	Manistee County	1918	20 MW
6	Hodenpyl	Wexford County	1925	17 MW
7	Big Quinnesec 92	Dickinson County	1949	16 MW
8	Victoria Dam	Ontonagon County	1931	12 MW
9	Peavy Falls	Iron County	1943	12 MW
10	Michigamme Falls	Iron County	1953	10 MW

Hydro power plants that came online most recently in Michigan

Newest first

#	Hydro power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Four Mile Hydropower Project	Alpena County	2005	2 MW
2	Berrien Springs	Berrien County	1996	7 MW
3	Norway Point Hydropower Project	Alpena County	1990	4 MW
4	Ninth Street Hydropower Project	Alpena County	1990	1 MW
5	French Landing Dam	Wayne County	1988	2 MW
6	Norway (MI)	Dickinson County	1988	6 MW
7	McClure Dam	Marquette County	1988	8 MW
8	Hoist	Marquette County	1988	3 MW
9	Cataract (MI)	Marquette County	1988	2 MW
10	Cascade Dam (MI)	Kent County	1986	2 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks hydro power plants

Operating hydro power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about hydro power plants in Michigan

How many hydro power plants are in Michigan?: Michigan has 53 operating utility-scale hydro power plants with 2.3 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest hydro power plant in Michigan?: Ludington in Mason County, Michigan is the largest, at 1,979 MW. It came online in 1973.
How many hydro power plants were built in Michigan in 2025?: 0 hydro power plants came online in Michigan in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing hydro power plants in Michigan?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.