# Fermi 2 Power Plant

MISO asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/fermi-2-power-plant

DTE Electric Company - Monroe County - MISO

Fermi 2 Power Plant is a nuclear generating station in Newport, Michigan, associated with the MISO registry. The EIA plant baseline lists 1,281 MW of nameplate capacity. DTE Energy describes Fermi 2 as a 1.1-million-kilowatt facility and says it began commercial operation in 1988; the figures are presented as source-specific capacity measures rather than interchangeable values.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 1281 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 1729 — plant-1729

## Facts

- **Technology:** Nuclear
- **Operator:** DTE Electric Company

## Sources

- [dteenergy.com](https://www.dteenergy.com/us/en/residential/about-dte/fermi-2-power-plant/fermi-2-power-plant.html?projectid=4dbeb025-a2ad-46bb-a937-a668f129d20c) — dteenergy.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [eia.gov](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860m/) — eia.gov · authoritative — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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