Month: May 2025
Footnoted Communication to the Georgetown Township Board on 05/12/25: Update and RecommendationsFootnoted Communication to the Georgetown Township Board on 05/12/25: Update and Recommendations
Dear Members of the Georgetown Township Board: This communication is intended to provide you with an update and request for consideration related to the Campbell plant and our electric utility service, which I hope to deliver in a more abbreviated form at your meeting this evening. Your concern of this important issue has been very […]
The Importance of a Strategy Likely of Legal SuccessThe Importance of a Strategy Likely of Legal Success
The “Save The Campbell” effort is not just seeking to make a symbolic statement, but to really succeed in thwarting the Net Zero agenda, especially with a focus on saving the Campbell plant in Ottawa County from planned closure and demolition. That plant is important, because it provides reliable, affordable and environmentally responsible electric to […]
Trump Administration Contact NumbersTrump Administration Contact Numbers
Help from the Trump Administration, which is combatting the Net Zero agenda, can be requested: White House: #202-456-1111 – call on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday between 11 am- 3 pm Department of Energy (Secretary Chris Wright), Office of Electricity: #202-586-1411 Department of Interior (Secretary Doug Bergum): #202-208-3100
Speech Before the Georgetown Township Board on 05/12/25: Recommended ActionsSpeech Before the Georgetown Township Board on 05/12/25: Recommended Actions
“Joseph Parnell McCarter, 6408 Wrenwood, volunteer leader of SaveTheCampbell effort. We have had plenty of warnings that the current Net Zero path is leading us into dangerous territory, as evidenced by the following and more: The best estimates are a 4.7 gigawatt shortfall in our regional grid by 2027 if planned plant closures like the […]
At Least $1 Billion Was Spent on Special Anti-Polluting Equipment on the Campbell, Yet it is Being Demolished While Plants Without Such Anti-Polluting Equipment Are Left Operating: There Is Nothing Sound About the Campbell Demolition PlanAt Least $1 Billion Was Spent on Special Anti-Polluting Equipment on the Campbell, Yet it is Being Demolished While Plants Without Such Anti-Polluting Equipment Are Left Operating: There Is Nothing Sound About the Campbell Demolition Plan
Per https://www.secondwavemedia.com/lakeshore/features/Bidding-farewell-to-iconic-JHCampbell-power-plant.aspx : “…About $1 billion has been invested in air quality control systems at the J.H. Campbell Generating Complex, according to Consumers Energy…” Per https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/lakeshore/what-will-happen-to-the-jh-campbell-plant/69-522203712 entitled “what will happen to the JH Campbell plant” : “Morgenstern says Consumers has already invested $1 billion to reduce emissions out of their stacks. ‘We’re removing mercury, we’re removing nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, […]
Speech Before the Ottawa County Board on 5/13/25: It Is Not Too Late For the Board to Take Common Sense ActionSpeech Before the Ottawa County Board on 5/13/25: It Is Not Too Late For the Board to Take Common Sense Action
“Joseph Parnell McCarter, Georgetown Township, volunteer leader of SaveTheCampbell effort. This Board passed an excellent Campbell Resolution, but Board leadership needs course correction for what has happened subsequently. Imagine if the OI commissioners had passed their constitutional county resolution and then in the weeks following did radio interviews trashing the Bill of Rights: sadly the […]
The Net Zero Agenda Significantly Increases the Cost of Electricity Because of the Need for System Redundancies and Other FactorsThe Net Zero Agenda Significantly Increases the Cost of Electricity Because of the Need for System Redundancies and Other Factors
Here is the reality: https://nypost.com/2025/05/07/opinion/cheap-solar-and-wind-is-a-lie-green-countries-pay-more This article explains the reasons: https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2025/05/why-renewables-will-increase-energy-costs This article provides a cost-benefit analysis: https://financialpost.com/opinion/bjorn-lomborg-net-zeros-cost-benefit-ratio-is-crazy-high The UK is an example: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2033529/uk-electricity-prices
The Trump Administration’s Legal Action in No Way Relieves Ottawa County Board Responsibility to Take Substantive Action for the Campbell — It Adds Rationale for the Board To Spearhead Mediation Discussions of the StakeholdersThe Trump Administration’s Legal Action in No Way Relieves Ottawa County Board Responsibility to Take Substantive Action for the Campbell — It Adds Rationale for the Board To Spearhead Mediation Discussions of the Stakeholders
The Trump Administration legal action is described here. What needs to be done now by the Ottawa County Board is described here.