The station had a generating capacity of 351 megawatts, produced by burning coal from Wyoming's Powder River Basin.

This coal-fired plant had a single generating unit with a capacity of 159 MW connected to the power grid by three 138 kV lines.

The LBWL announced in December 2017 that they would be replacing Erickson Station with a $500 million natural gas-fired power plant capable of generating 250 MW.

[9] The utility's power plant inventory once included the 25 megawatt Ottawa Street Station on the Grand River in downtown Lansing.

The station was put back into partial usage as a water chiller plant for the utility in 2001 to cool downtown buildings.

In late 2007, LBWL sold the mostly vacant station to Accident Fund Insurance Company, which was renovated into their headquarters.

As an eventual replacement for the aging Eckert Station, the utility began operating the REO Town Cogeneration Plant on July 1, 2013.

[10] The eight-story, 160,000 sq ft (15,000 m2) cogeneration facility located on Washington Avenue in Lansing's REO Town district has a capacity of 100 megawatts, and burns natural gas to generate electricity and steam.

[11] To achieve the state-mandated 10% renewable energy requirement by 2015, the company has built or acquired power through purchase agreements from several new sources.

[12][13] Lansing Board of Water and Light owns the 0.5MW Moores Park hydroelectric plant on the Grand River and the 0.16MW Cedar Street Solar Array.

[15] Lansing Board of Water & Light has issued a request for proposals for 20MW of additional solar power.

During periods of high demand, the Lansing Board of Water and Light purchases electricity from MISO.

The utility also owns a portion of Detroit Edison's Belle River Power Plant near St. Clair, Michigan.