This communication was submitted today on behalf of the SaveTheCampbell.com effort: Dear Mr. Doug Burgum and Department of the Interior: On behalf of West Michigan’s SaveTheCampbell.com effort, we look forward to the new leadership of Mr. Burgum at the Department of the Interior, and urgently request assistance to save our JH Campbell Generating Plant which […]
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NERC issues an urgent warning on our grid reliability!NERC issues an urgent warning on our grid reliability!
“The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) 2024 Long-Term Reliability Assessment (LTRA) warns of rising grid reliability risks as the energy landscape shifts, with 122,000 megawatts (MW)1 of dispatchable generation retiring over the next ten years amid surging electricity demand driven by data centers, electrification, and industrial growth. ” Our Midwest region is at highest risk because of coal […]
5th Township Board in County Passes “Save The Campbell” Resolution, and We are Encouraged More to Follow!5th Township Board in County Passes “Save The Campbell” Resolution, and We are Encouraged More to Follow!
Chester Township joins Jamestown, Blendon, Polkton, and Zeeland Townships. Here was our letter expressing appreciation of this latest addition: Ms. Dietrich, Thank you so much for your support to “Save The Campbell”! It is critical that we present a united voice as a County to Consumers Energy and MPSC that we do not want this […]
Speech Before the Georgetown Township Board on 01/13/2025 Requesting Board Approval of Amended ResolutionSpeech Before the Georgetown Township Board on 01/13/2025 Requesting Board Approval of Amended Resolution
We are making good progress in the SaveTheCampbell.com effort. Four town boards have passed a resolution to “Save The Campbell”- three of them by unanimous votes- and we have good reason to believe more town boards will do the same. Most area political leaders representing us in Lansing and Washington have indicated their concern with […]
Response to Excellent Questions of Georgetown Treasurer DeWitt at Utilities Committee // Gov Whitmer and Rep Huizenga’s emphasis to get the Palisades nuclear reactor up and running in 2025 reflects the fact that they know our grid needs a Campbell replacementResponse to Excellent Questions of Georgetown Treasurer DeWitt at Utilities Committee // Gov Whitmer and Rep Huizenga’s emphasis to get the Palisades nuclear reactor up and running in 2025 reflects the fact that they know our grid needs a Campbell replacement
Dear GT Board members: Last evening GT Treasurer DeWitt queried me with many excellent questions in the Utilities Committee (and may have more besides?). One involved how it could be there is a real problem with the Campbell 2025 closure if Gov. Whitmer and Rep. Huizenga have not been more vocal about keeping it open. […]
Response to a Representative Skeptic of the “Save The Campbell” EffortResponse to a Representative Skeptic of the “Save The Campbell” Effort
A supervisor of a township board in Ottawa County recently wrote us as follows: “Although a worthy effort, this action is “too little, too late.” The current course of action set by Consumers will not be altered, regardless of how much resistance and opposition is presented. The fear of power brownouts or shortages is far […]
Thanks to Commissioners Bonnema and Miedema For Expressing Support to “Save The Campbell”Thanks to Commissioners Bonnema and Miedema For Expressing Support to “Save The Campbell”
Below were my emails to Commissioners Bonnema and Miedema thanking them for their indication of support to “Save The Campbell” by seeking to place the matter on the Board meeting agenda, in follow up to this public notice . Email to Commissioner Bonnema- Dear Commissioner Bonnema: Thank you for the support you expressed to me […]
Important Turning Point on the Ottawa County Board: One OI and One Non-OI Commissioner Want the Campbell Issue On the County Board Agenda ExpeditiouslyImportant Turning Point on the Ottawa County Board: One OI and One Non-OI Commissioner Want the Campbell Issue On the County Board Agenda Expeditiously
Here is part of the comment I made as “Save The Campbell” volunteer leader at the Ottawa County Board meeting today: “… Now that the Board has worked on its Board Rules, it is important for the Board to expeditiously take up the issue of our County’s Campbell plant and the State energy plan being […]