J.H. Campbell Generating Complex is a coal-fired power station in Ottawa County, Michigan, associated with the MISO registry. The EIA plant baseline lists 1,560.8 MW of nameplate capacity. Consumers Energy says the complex entered its 2025–26 retirement phase; the company describes the 2,000-acre complex as capable of generating up to 1,450 MW. Those are distinct published capacity statements, retained with their respective bases.
Canonical EIA plant baseline.
plant-1710
Similar plants ranked by technology, capacity, and distance.
Operating generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.
| Generator | Capacity | Technology | Operation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 265.2 MW 260 MW summer | Conventional Steam Coal Subbituminous Coal · ST | Oct 1962 Retirement: May 2026 | Operating |
| 2 | 378.8 MW 279.8 MW summer | Conventional Steam Coal Subbituminous Coal · ST | Jul 1967 Retirement: May 2026 | Operating |
| 3 | 916.8 MW 790.7 MW summer | Conventional Steam Coal Subbituminous Coal · ST | Sep 1980 Retirement: May 2026 | Operating |
Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.
Deterministic links to ERCOT market resources, price records, outage disclosures, queue records, and nearby infrastructure. Candidate joins remain labeled until corroborated.
Source-backed project transactions, agreements, land records, permits, and environmental disclosures. Portfolio and adjacent-project facts remain explicitly scoped.
Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.
Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.
EIA-860 lists generator 1 with this operating date.
| A |
| 18.6 MW 12 MW summer |
Petroleum Liquids Disillate Fuel Oil · GT |
| Dec 1968 Retirement: Nov 2018 |
| Operating |
Monthly generation is reported through EIA-923. Capacity factor uses the current EIA nameplate capacity and is shown only for complete calendar years.
| Largest reported plants | Capacity | State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ludington | 1,978.8 MW | MI | |
| J H CampbellCurrent | 1,560.8 MW | MI | |
| Dan E Karn | 1,402.3 MW | MI | |
| New Covert Generating Facility | 1,176 MW | MI | |
| Zeeland Generating Station | 968.2 MW | MI | |
| Jackson Generating Station | 649 MW | MI | |
| Muskegon Solar | 250 MW | MI | |
| Cross Winds Energy Park | 230.9 MW | MI |
Portfolio membership follows the latest EIA-860 reporting entity. It does not imply ultimate ownership.
EIA-860 lists generator 2 with this operating date.
EIA-860 lists generator A with this operating date.
EIA-860 lists generator 3 with this operating date.
EIA-860 lists a planned retirement for generator A.
Consumers Energy states that the complex officially entered retirement during 2025–26, with demolition and site restoration planned from 2026 onward.
EIA-860 lists a planned retirement for generator 1, generator 2, generator 3.
Answered from the published record above. Questions whose inputs this profile does not carry are omitted rather than estimated.
J H Campbell has a reported capacity of 1,560.8 MW. Source: EIA Form 860M.
J H Campbell is a Conventional Steam Coal facility in Ottawa County, MI, participating in the MISO market.
J H Campbell is in Ottawa County, MI, inside the MISO balancing area.
J H Campbell is operated by Consumers Energy Co - (MI) according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.
J H Campbell reported 5,491.3 GWh over the twelve months to 2026-04. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.
By capacity, J H Campbell ranks #41 of 206 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #2 of 5 in MI.
Plants within 25 km, nearest first, regardless of technology. Proximity is straight-line distance between mapped plant coordinates; it does not by itself establish a shared point of interconnection.
