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The 'Monroe Power Plant' is a coal-fired power plant located in Monroe, Michigan on the western shore of Lake Erie. It is owned by the Detroit Edison Company, a subsidiary of DTE Energy. The plant was constructed in the early 1970's and was completed in 1974. The plant has 4 generating units, each with an output of 850 megawatts. With all four generating units operating, the plants total output is 3,300 megawatts, the third largest coal fired plant in North America after Southern Company's Plant Bowen near Atlanta, Georgia and Ontario Power Generation's Nanticoke Generating Station in Ontario, Canada.
The Monroe Power Plant connects to the power grid by numerous 120,000 and 345,000 volt transmission lines. Two of the 345kv lines going out of the plant interconnect with First Energy Corporation in Ohio. (Bayshore-Monroe line and the Majestic-Monroe, Allen Junction Line)