US Company DTE Advances 177 MW Power Uprate at Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant

DTE Electric, a subsidiary of Michigan utility giant DTE Energy, has formally submitted a 20-year long-term Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) to the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC). In the clean power restructuring layout of the plan, DTE explicitly establishes nuclear power as an indispensable zero-carbon baseload hub, and plans to carry out a deep modernization and technical upgrade of the Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant in Monroe County in 2036, achieving an additional 177 megawatts (MW) of clean carbon-free power output. As Michigan's core operating nuclear power infrastructure, Fermi 2 is equipped with a single...

2026-09-28