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- Michigan has 44 natural gas storage fields with almost 1.1 trillion cubic feet of underground storage capacity, which is the most capacity of any state and almost one-eighth of the nation's total natural gas storage capacity.
- The share of Michigan's total electricity generation from natural gas-fired plants was about 45% in 2024, more than four times greater than it was a decade earlier.
- Renewables provided 12% of Michigan's electricity net generation in 2024, with record wind power generation accounting for about 65% of the state's renewable electricity. Michigan ranks 14th among the states in the amount of electricity generated by wind energy.
- Michigan ranks fifth among the states in residential sector petroleum use and is first in residential sector consumption of propane.
- Michigan’s second-largest power plant by capacity is the 2,186-megawatt Ludington pumped-storage plant on the shores of Lake Michigan. It is one of the 10 largest pumped-storage power plants in the world.
Last Updated: November 19, 2025