Putnam (MI)

Power plant · Oil

Key facts

Power plant · Oil Operating

Commissioned: 1971
Net generation, 2025: 129 MWh
Grid: 40 kV to DTE Electric Company (MISO)
Location: Oakland County, Michigan
Operated by: DTE Electric CompanySourceEIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Net generation MWh by year, 2001 to 2025

Fuel burned MMBtu by year, 2001 to 2025

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Technology: Oil source: “Petroleum Liquids”
Age: 55 years since 1971
Unused energy: 118 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.

All 5 attributes from EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Attributes
Attribute	Value
Grid	Nerc region RFC Report year 2025 Grid voltage kv 40 Transmission owner DTE Electric Company Balancing authority code MISO Balancing authority name Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..
Fuel burned (MMBtu), 2025	5,346
Capacity factor, 2025	0.001
Net generation (MWh), 2025	129
Balancing authority code	MISO

Data notes (1)

Heat rate (Btu/kWh), 2025 not shown: computed 41441.9 outside 5000-30000 Btu/kWh

3 sources

Sources

EIA-860MOpen license · retrieved Nov 4, 2026
EIAOpen license · retrieved Nov 1, 2026Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity bulk data (Form EIA-923 monthly plant series)
EIA-860M Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory

Projects within 15 mi, nearest first.
Project	Kind	Away	MW
DXC TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LLC Built	Large load	12.8 mi

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