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Houghton County, Michigan · EIA plant ID 8019 · Operator: Upper Peninsula Power Company
×23 MW oil retired since 2020 (latest Nov 2021)
Nameplate—MWSummer — MW
Generators0in service
Net generation—GWh12 mo
Capacity factor—no 923 generation in the last 12 months
Heat rate—Btu/kWhfossil units, electric fuel, HHV
First online—
Monthly net generation
EIA-923, all units at the plant. Net of station use; storage can go negative.
FinalPreliminary
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), primary-fuel units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
Heat rate by year
Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Annual data table
| Year | Net GWh | Capacity factor | Heat rate (Btu/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3.4 | 1.6% | 16,151 |
| 2002 | 5.3 | 3.2% | 16,119 |
| 2003 | 19.2 | 11.4% | 15,683 |
| 2004 | 11.2 | 7.7% | 16,267 |
| 2005 | 16.6 | 11.5% | 16,570 |
| 2006 | 9.2 | 5.0% | 17,037 |
| 2007 | 3.2 | 1.7% | 17,874 |
| 2008 | 4.9 | 3.0% | 17,284 |
| 2009 | 8.1 | 5.0% | 19,029 |
| 2010 | 1.5 | 0.9% | 23,645 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| 2015 | 1.8 | 1.2% | 25,524 |
| 2016 | 2.9 | 1.9% | 20,339 |
| 2017 | 0.3 | 0.2% | 18,344 |
| 2018 | 0.8 | 0.5% | — |
| 2019 | -0.1 | -0.0% | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
Generators
EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
| Gen ID | Technology | Prime mover | Nameplate MW | Summer MW | Online | Status | Planned retirement | OEM / model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petroleum Liquids | GT | 22.6 | 17.4 | Nov 1973 | Retired Nov 2021 | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: Upper Peninsula Power Company. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
Nearby plants
Within 80 km.
| A.J. Mihm Generating Station | 56 MW | 32.1 km |
| John H Warden | 22 MW | 39 km |
| Prickett | 2 MW | 39.5 km |
| Victoria Dam | 12 MW | 60.4 km |
| White Pine Electric Power | retired | 78.2 km |