Day: June 5, 2025

If Consumers Energy feels that the township and county boards are all bark and no bite in our Campbell resolutions, then they are more likely not to accede to the requests. We need to bark, but if Consumers Energy fails to heed the sound, then we need to pursue the possibility of alternative action. Proposed […]

We need local governments in Ottawa County to explore introducing competition into this picture which really only they can do.[9] [1] https://zeelandbpw.com/may-3-2022-election/   [2] https://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/news/consumers-energy-requests-another-rate-hike-one-week-after-approval-of-154-million-increase [3] https://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/news/consumers-energy-requests-another-rate-hike-one-week-after-approval-of-154-million-increase [4] https://www.mlive.com/environment/2025/06/consumers-energy-asks-to-raise-electric-rates-436m-the-most-in-decades.html?outputType=amp [5] https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/05/28/trump-consumers-energy-coal-campbell-power-plant-mpsc/83896946007/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6837314aa9919b00017420cc [6] https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2023/11/21/dte-consumers-mpsc-regulation/71241464007/ [7] https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/05/28/trump-consumers-energy-coal-campbell-power-plant-mpsc/83896946007/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6837314aa9919b00017420cc [8] https://www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/solar-and-wind-power-make-electricity-more-expensive-thats-a-fact and https://nypost.com/2025/05/07/opinion/cheap-solar-and-wind-is-a-lie-green-countries-pay-more/   [9] https://savethecampbell.com/resolution-request-of-township-and-county-boards-to-prevent-a-consumers-energy-rate-hike-by-offsetting-campbell-costs-with-net-zero-expenditure-reductions/