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New Covert Generating Facility
Power plant · Gas, combined cycle
Key facts
Power plant · Gas, combined cycleran 71% of 2025 Operating- Capacity
- Capacity: sourceEIA-860M · Open licenseMW
- Commissioned
- 2004
- Net generation, 2025
- 7,338,967 MWh
- Grid
- 345 kV to ITC Transmission (PJM)
- Location
- Van Buren County, Michigan
- Operated by
- Consumers Energy Co - (MI)
Output
- Gas
Details
Who’s behind it
- Owner
- CMS Energy Corp
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- Technology
- Gas, combined cycle source: “Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle”
- Age
- 22 years since 2004
- Unused energy
- 2,963 GWh 2025Unused energyA lead, not a guarantee: MW × hours × (1 − capacity factor) for the latest year (EIA-923), gas, coal and oil plants only. Air-permit run-hour caps, heat rate (cost to run) and capacity-market or reliability obligations can rule it out.
- Heat rate
- 7,219 Btu/kWh 2025
All 7 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Grid |
|
| EPA greenhouse gas reporting (GHGRP) |
|
| Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025 | 52,978,448 |
| Capacity factor, 2025 | 0.712 |
| Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 | 7,218.8 |
| Net generation (MWh), 2025 | 7,338,967 |
| Balancing authority code | PJM |
Ownership
2 companies2| Company | Role | Share | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumers Energy Co - (MI) | Operator | EIA-860M | ||
| CMS ENERGY CORP | Owner | 100.0% | Dec 31, 2023 | EPA GHGRP |
Timeline
- In service · EIA-860M
Sources
4 sourcesSources EIA-860M · EIA · EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory · EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
Sources
- EIA-860M
- EIASource: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
- EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program — facility register with parent-company shares (Envirofacts pub_dim_facility; FLIGHT)
Around this plant
Nearby
within 15 mi| Project | Kind | Away | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murch Solar, LLC Under construction | Solar | 14.5 mi | 85 |
Sources EIA-860M