NEW COVERT GENERATING FACILITY

How NEW COVERT GENERATING FACILITY compares

With 1,176 MW of capacity, NEW COVERT GENERATING FACILITY ranks 9th among the 171 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Michigan and 2nd of the 29 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 13% of Michigan's operating Natural Gas capacity and 4.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 64th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 2004, it is newer than 83% of the 168 operating Michigan plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Van Buren County with one other operating plant, PALISADES.

EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 1,176 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 7,172 GWh in 2024 (a 69% capacity factor), up 5% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line, about 0.2 miles away. Another 2 operating power plants totaling 814 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PALISADES (812 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, GAP Union Station in South Bend, about 45.2 miles away.

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