NORTHEAST

How NORTHEAST compares

With 130 MW of capacity, NORTHEAST ranks 23rd among the 171 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Michigan and 15th of the 29 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.4% of Michigan's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 629th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1966, it is older than 63% of the 168 operating Michigan plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, THE DTE ELECTRIC COMPANY, runs 17 operating plants in Michigan totaling 8,054 MW. It shares Macomb County with 2 other operating plants, PINE TREE ACRES WM LFGTE and PINE TREE ACRES.

EIA-860 lists 6 generators at the site with 114 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combustion turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 130 MW). Net generation was 5.9 GWh in 2024 (a 0.6% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1966 and 1971.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 120 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 7 operating power plants totaling 1,156 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is DEARBORN INDUSTRIAL GENERATION (760 MW, Natural Gas).

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