T B SIMON POWER PLANT
OperatingCoal power plant
- Capacity
- 99 MW
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- County
- Ingham County
- Operator
- MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
- Status
- Operating
- Commissioned
- 1965
- EIA plant ID
- 10328
- Generators
- 9
- Net generation (2024)
- 241 GWh
- Capacity factor (2024, EIA nameplate)
- 22%
- Data vintage
- EIA-860 2024 final; EIA-923 2022-2024 final
- Coordinates
- 42.7178, -84.4844
T B SIMON POWER PLANT, a 99 MW Coal power plant in Ingham County, Michigan. Operated by MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, commissioned 1965.
How T B SIMON POWER PLANT compares
With 99 MW of capacity, T B SIMON POWER PLANT ranks 28th among the 171 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Michigan and 5th of the 9 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 1.1% of Michigan's operating Coal capacity and 0.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 233rd-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1965, it is older than 66% of the 168 operating Michigan plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Ingham County with one other operating plant, LANSING BWL REO TOWN PLANT.
Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 9 generators at the site with 128 MW of nameplate capacity (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 99 MW). Net generation was 241 GWh in 2024 (a 22% capacity factor). Its generators came online between 1965 and 2022.
Grid neighborhood
The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line, about 1.6 miles away. Another 3 operating power plants totaling 21 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is COLFAX (14 MW, Oil).
Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology
Weather peril exposure
T B SIMON POWER PLANT is a 99 MW coal power plant in Ingham County, MI, operated by MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, commissioned in 1965. Ingham County carries elevated modeled catastrophe exposure in the FEMA National Risk Index, scoring 3.3 of 5 at the 57th national percentile. Strong wind is the leading peril, rated Very High by FEMA at the 88th percentile.
The Bywatts loss layer is calibrated to solar PV hardware, so it is not applied to a coal plant. The ratings below are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings for this location.
Ingham County hazard ratings
| Peril | FEMA rating | National percentile | Peril score | Events per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong wind | Very High | 88th | 4.5 of 5 | 6.0 |
| Heat wave | Relatively Low | 81st | 4.2 of 5 | 2.6 |
| Tornado | Relatively High | 78th | 4.1 of 5 | 0.29 |
| Hail | Relatively Moderate | 63rd | 3.5 of 5 | 3.0 |
| Ice storm | Relatively High | 60th | 3.4 of 5 | 1.7 |
| Winter weather | Relatively Moderate | 39th | 2.5 of 5 | 16.5 |
| Lightning | Relatively Moderate | 33rd | 2.3 of 5 | 34.1 |
| Earthquake | Relatively Low | 32nd | 2.3 of 5 | <0.01 |
| Riverine flooding | Relatively Moderate | 25th | 2.0 of 5 | 0.39 |
| Hurricane | Very Low | 21st | 1.8 of 5 | 0.01 |
| Wildfire | Very Low | 5th | 1.2 of 5 | <0.01 |
Perils not assessed in Ingham County
These perils carry no usable National Risk Index figure for this county, so they are excluded from the scoring rather than scored zero. A zero would claim the peril was assessed and found benign.
| Peril | Why it is not scored |
|---|---|
| Coastal flooding | FEMA rating is "Not Applicable" for this county |
Model hail, wind and flood exposure for Ingham County in the weather risk calculator
Ratings are the FEMA National Risk Index county hazard ratings; the peril score is a Bywatts transform of the FEMA national percentile. Full data sources and the solar vulnerability methodology are in the weather risk calculator.
Modeled estimate for screening and negotiation. Built from FEMA National Risk Index county hazard data and a solar vulnerability layer documented above. Not a quote, a binder, or actuarial advice, and not a substitute for a carrier's own model. Hazard data: FEMA National Risk Index December 2025, synced 2026-07-24. Resolution is county level, not site level.