# Palisades

MISO asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/palisades

Holtec Palisades, LLC - Van Buren County - MISO

Palisades is a single-unit pressurized-water nuclear power plant in Covert Township, Van Buren County, Michigan, with a nameplate capacity of 811.8 MW. The plant began commercial operation on December 31, 1971, after construction started in March 1967. It was permanently shut down on May 20, 2022, after more than 50 years of generation. Holtec International acquired the plant from Entergy in June 2022 and initiated a restart effort. In July 2025, the NRC approved reauthorization of power operations; the plant transitioned to operations status on August 25, 2025, and remained in final restart preparations as of July 2026. When restored to service, it will provide firm baseload generation to the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) resource mix. The plant is a Combustion Engineering pressurized-water reactor with a Westinghouse turbine-generator, interconnected at 345 kV through a switchyard connecting six off-site transmission lines.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 811.8 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 1715 — plant-1715

## Facts

- **Technology:** Nuclear
- **Operator:** Palisades Energy, LLC

## Related parties

- **Project company / owner:** Holtec Palisades, LLC — Licensed owner and project owner ([source](https://holtecinternational.com/products-and-services/holtec-palisades/))
- **Operator:** Palisades Energy, LLC — Licensed operator
- **Developer / parent company:** Holtec International — Parent company and project developer ([source](https://holtecinternational.com/))
- **Operator / construction contractor:** Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC — Former decommissioning license holder and contractor ([source](https://holtecinternational.com/company/divisions/hdi/))
- **Former owner / operator:** Entergy Corporation — Former owner and operator ([source](https://www.entergy.com/))
- **Former owner:** Consumers Energy — Predecessor owner
- **Regulator:** U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission — Nuclear regulator ([source](https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactors/pali.html))
- **Balancing authority / market operator:** Midcontinent Independent System Operator — Regional transmission organization and electricity market ([source](https://www.misoenergy.org/))
- **Equipment supplier:** Westinghouse — Turbine-generator designer and current nuclear fuel supplier ([source](https://westinghousenuclear.com/))
- **EPC contractor / construction contractor:** Siemens Energy — Conventional power-island modernization and recommissioning contractor ([source](https://www.siemens-energy.com/))

## Sources

- [commons.wikimedia.org](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Palisades_Nuclear_Generating_Station) — commons.wikimedia.org · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palisades_Nuclear_Generating_Station) — en.wikipedia.org · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [holtecinternational.com](https://holtecinternational.com/company/divisions/hdi/) — holtecinternational.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [holtecinternational.com](https://holtecinternational.com/hh-40-18/) — holtecinternational.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [holtecinternational.com](https://holtecinternational.com/hh-41-10/) — holtecinternational.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [holtecinternational.com](https://holtecinternational.com/products-and-services/holtec-palisades/) — holtecinternational.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [mi-psc.my.site.com](https://mi-psc.my.site.com/sfc/servlet.shepherd/version/download/068t0000001UMDbAAO) — mi-psc.my.site.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/palisades
Website: [Holtec Palisades, LLC](https://holtecinternational.com/products-and-services/holtec-palisades/)

Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/