DEERFIELD, Mich. – Municipal clients of Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC, this week announced their plan to challenge the Michigan Public Service Commission’s (MPSC) recent Order regarding Public Act 233 of 2023 (PA 233). The lawsuit stems from the MPSC’s interpretation of local control over renewable energy projects which ultimately strips away all control […]
Recommended Reform of Ottawa County’s Electric Utility System: A Call for More Local Control and Public AccountabilityRecommended Reform of Ottawa County’s Electric Utility System: A Call for More Local Control and Public Accountability
By Joseph Parnell McCarter Much of Ottawa County (cities of Zeeland, Grand Haven, and Holland) already has local control and public accountability of the electric utility system; now is the time to extend that to the rest of the county. This is really not a “Republican or Democrat/conservative or liberal” issue, but a local control […]
Speech Before the Grand Haven Township Board on 10/14/2024Speech Before the Grand Haven Township Board on 10/14/2024
I am Joseph Parnell McCarter from Georgetown Township, representing the “Save the Campbell” side. Thank you for placing this issue on the agenda. Let me summarize information I gave you previously as well as in additional handouts today: Thanks for considering this request.
Consumers Energy Rep and “Save The Campbell” Rep Square Off Last Night (10/14/2024) During Grand Haven Township Board Agenda Item Considering the Campbell IssueConsumers Energy Rep and “Save The Campbell” Rep Square Off Last Night (10/14/2024) During Grand Haven Township Board Agenda Item Considering the Campbell Issue
The Grand Haven Township Board agenda is shown at https://ght.org/wp-content/uploads/delightful-downloads/2024/10/BoardPacket_101424.pdf . First up to explain the rationale for Ottawa County leaders saving the Campbell from planned 2025 closure and demolition was Joseph Parnell McCarter. His speech was followed by various questions of the Board directed to him, as well as some comments. Supervisor Mark Reenders […]
Don’t Be Fooled, Ottawa County, by Consumers Energy: Its Natural Gas Plants Are Also On the Chopping Block, After the Campbell Is Demolished and We Are Weak – by Joseph Parnell McCarterDon’t Be Fooled, Ottawa County, by Consumers Energy: Its Natural Gas Plants Are Also On the Chopping Block, After the Campbell Is Demolished and We Are Weak – by Joseph Parnell McCarter
Consumers Energy (CE) rep Richard Houtteman is telling town boards that we are safe because of CE’s natural gas plants, so that there needs to be no concern about the demolition of the Campbell in 2025. But here is what he is not telling the town boards: The Jamestown Township Board and Georgetown Township Board […]
We Are Saps, as This Graph ShowsWe Are Saps, as This Graph Shows
The fact is that industrialization is proportionate to carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels. The West’s de-industrialization has been made possible by Asia’s industrialization, and to a lesser extent that of other parts of the world. The “green” UN Agenda 2030 in practical effect has been about this movement of where manufacturing and commodity production […]
Ottawa County Needs BOTH Coal and Gas Electric Generating Capacity for Energy Security and Has the Legal Tools to Keep ThemOttawa County Needs BOTH Coal and Gas Electric Generating Capacity for Energy Security and Has the Legal Tools to Keep Them
The experts tell us: “A problem emerging almost everywhere is the lack of diversity in dispatchable generation resources, a problem that will intensify as the remaining coal-fired generation fleet retires in the coming decades. Gas-fired power acts as a wonderfully effective balancing resource to wind and solar, but excessive reliance on it erodes this reliability […]
Consumers Energy customers not only get stuck with all of the costs associated with 2025 Campbell closure/demolition, but also have to pay Consumers what it would have received in profit if it had stayed open to 2040 like planned only 5 years ago — Could it be that Consumers Energy executives with handsome company stock options would have a different view of this if the tables were turned?Consumers Energy customers not only get stuck with all of the costs associated with 2025 Campbell closure/demolition, but also have to pay Consumers what it would have received in profit if it had stayed open to 2040 like planned only 5 years ago — Could it be that Consumers Energy executives with handsome company stock options would have a different view of this if the tables were turned?
This footnote in its financial report explains the sweetheart deal that Consumers Energy executives with stock options and other investors got: Consumers Energy executives with giant stock options and other big investors are willing to do the bidding of Governor Whitmer and her Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) appointees who currently regulate Consumers Energy under […]