Speech to Ottawa County Board on 1/27/2026: “Save The Campbell” is Vindicated!Speech to Ottawa County Board on 1/27/2026: “Save The Campbell” is Vindicated!

at 33:20 in meeting at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1cpgmG49Gs – Joseph Parnell McCarter, Georgetown Township, volunteer leader of SaveTheCampbell effort. The “Save The Campbell” effort and this board’s vote calling for delay of the Campbell closure has been vindicated: this past weekend MISO reported we were having a Max Gen event! A Max Gen event is an emergency declaration signaling […]

We need the combination of coal and gas as baseload electric for energy security in Michigan given cold weather eventsWe need the combination of coal and gas as baseload electric for energy security in Michigan given cold weather events

Here is the reality of gas plants alone: “PJM faces greater reliability threats in winter because natural gas plants – the backbone of its generation – frequently face fuel supply constraints and mechanical freezing during extreme cold, according to analysts at consulting firm ICF International,” as noted here. Per Google AI: “Coal is often considered […]

MISO reports we are having a Max Gen event! Campbell Plant is operating and saving the day when many gas plants are having to shut down because of extreme coldMISO reports we are having a Max Gen event! Campbell Plant is operating and saving the day when many gas plants are having to shut down because of extreme cold

By Joseph Parnell McCarter on 01/24/2026 MISO reports we are now having a Max Gen event! A Maximum Generation (“Max Gen”) event is an emergency declaration by a regional transmission operator (like MISO or PJM) signaling that electricity demand is exceeding, or is about to exceed, available supply. It is an “all-hands-on-deck” situation used to maintain […]