48TH STREET GENERATION PLANT

How 48TH STREET GENERATION PLANT compares

With 162 MW of capacity, 48TH STREET GENERATION PLANT ranks 19th among the 171 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Michigan and 11th of the 29 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.7% of Michigan's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 591st-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1992, it is newer than 63% of the 168 operating Michigan plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Allegan County with 3 other operating plants, including CLAUDE VANDYKE and OTSEGO MILL POWER PLANT.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 162 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 92.2 GWh in 2024 (a 6.5% capacity factor), up 5% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1992 and 2000.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 9 operating power plants totaling 2,663 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is J H CAMPBELL (1,605 MW, Coal).

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology