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Grayling Generating Station
Power plant · Biomass
Key facts
Power plant · Biomassran 54% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 1992
- Net generation, 2025
- 181,959 MWh
- Grid
- 46 kV to Consumers Energy Co (MISO)
- Location
- Crawford County, Michigan
- Operated by
- NorthStar Clean Energy
Output
- Gas
- Biomass and waste
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- Technology
- Biomass source: “Wood/Wood Waste Biomass”
- Age
- 34 years since 1992
- Heat rate
- 13,638 Btu/kWh 2025
All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Gem |
|
| Grid |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 2,481,520 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.538 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 13,637.8 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 181,959.0 |
| Balancing authority code | MISO |
Ownership
4 companies4| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NorthStar Clean Energy | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| CMS Generation Grayling Co | Owner | 1.0% | 31 Dec 2025 | EIA-860 |
| CMS Generation Holdings Co | Owner | 49.0% | 31 Dec 2025 | EIA-860 |
| Grayling Development Partners | Owner | 50.0% | 31 Dec 2025 | EIA-860 |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
5 sourcesSources EIA-860M · GEM · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules
Sources
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- Global Energy Monitor — Global Integrated Power Tracker (unit-level power plants, eight technologies, all statuses)Global Integrated Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2026 release (https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-integrated-power-tracker), CC BY 4.0. Modified by Inframation: TransitionZero-sourced rows removed; statuses and technologies mapped to Inframation's vocabulary; figures aggregated. Copyright © Global Energy Monitor. Global Integrated Power Tracker, September 2026 release. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- EIA Open Data bulk file — Electricity (ELEC.zip; monthly plant net generation and fuel consumption since 2001)Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report — Schedule 4 Owner (ownership shares per generator), plus Plant/Generator schedules