How many natural gas power plants are in Michigan?

Michigan has 62 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 15 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest natural gas power plant in Michigan?

Midland Cogeneration Venture in Midland County, Michigan is the largest, at 1,849 MW. It came online in 1998.

How many natural gas power plants were built in Michigan in 2025?

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

Who is developing natural gas 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.

Natural gas power plants in Michigan

Michigan has 62 operating natural gas power plants with 15 GW of capacity.

Operating62

See planned natural gas power plants in Michigan

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Michigan had 47 natural gas power plants online in 2016 and 62 in 2026

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

The 10 largest natural gas power plants in Michigan

Operating, by capacity

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Midland Cogeneration Venture	Midland County	1998	1,849 MW
2	Dan E Karn	Bay County	1977	1,402 MW
3	Blue Water Energy Center	St Clair County	2022	1,267 MW
4	New Covert Generating Facility	Van Buren County	2004	1,176 MW
5	Indeck Niles Energy Center	Cass County	2022	1,174 MW
6	Greenwood (MI)	St Clair County	1999	1,071 MW
7	Zeeland Generating Station	Ottawa County	2002	968 MW
8	Renaissance Power Plant	Montcalm County	2002	782 MW
9	Dearborn Industrial Generation	Wayne County	2001	748 MW
10	Jackson Generating Station	Jackson County	2002	649 MW

Natural gas power plants that came online most recently in Michigan

Newest first

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Indeck Niles Energy Center	Cass County	2022	1,174 MW
2	Blue Water Energy Center	St Clair County	2022	1,267 MW
3	Delta Energy Park	Eaton County	2022	263 MW
4	University of Michigan	Washtenaw County	2022	60 MW
5	T B Simon Power Plant	Ingham County	2022	128 MW
6	Western Michigan University Power Plant	Kalamazoo County	2021	17 MW
7	Pine Street	Huron County	2020	8 MW
8	Dearborn Energy Center	Wayne County	2019	35 MW
9	A.J. Mihm Generating Station	Baraga County	2019	56 MW
10	F.D. Kuester Generating Station	Marquette County	2019	132 MW

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

How Cleanview tracks natural gas power plants

Operating natural gas 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 natural gas power plants in Michigan

How many natural gas power plants are in Michigan?: Michigan has 62 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 15 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest natural gas power plant in Michigan?: Midland Cogeneration Venture in Midland County, Michigan is the largest, at 1,849 MW. It came online in 1998.
How many natural gas power plants were built in Michigan in 2025?: 0 natural gas power plants came online in Michigan in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing natural gas 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.