# Belle River

MISO asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/belle-river

DTE Electric Company - St Clair County - MISO

Belle River is a 1,664.4 MW generating plant at 4505 King Road in China Township, St. Clair County, Michigan, comprising 10 generators. The facility includes two 697.5 MW conventional steam-coal units (ST1 and ST2), three natural-gas-fired simple-cycle combustion turbines (CTG 12-1, CTG 12-2, and CTG 13-1 at 85.3 MW each), and five petroleum-liquids internal-combustion generators (IC1 through IC5 at 2.7 MW each). The plant began operating in November 1981. DTE Electric Company owns and operates the facility; Detroit Edison Company, now a business name of DTE, constructed and initially operated the coal units. The plant is undergoing conversion from coal-fired baseload generation to natural-gas-fired peaking operation. Unit 1 ceased coal combustion and entered gas-system commissioning in December 2025; Unit 2 is scheduled to cease coal burning by the end of 2026. The converted gas peaking resource is planned for retirement by 2040.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 1664.3999999999999 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 6034 — plant-6034

## Facts

- **Technology:** Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine, Petroleum Liquids, Conventional Steam Coal
- **Operator:** DTE Electric Company

## Related parties

- **Former owner:** Detroit Edison Company — original constructor and operator of coal units; now represented by DTE Electric Company
- **Equipment supplier:** Siemens Energy — steam-turbine-generator supplier for coal units ([source](http://siemens-energy.com/global/en/home/products-services/product-offerings/steam-turbines.html))

## Sources

- [babcock.com](http://babcock.com/home/products-services/steam-generators/utility-scale-boilers) — babcock.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [siemens-energy.com](http://siemens-energy.com/global/en/home/products-services/product-offerings/steam-turbines.html) — siemens-energy.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Website: [DTE Electric Company](https://www.dteenergy.com/)

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