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 […]
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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 […]
Monopolistic Utilities like Consumers Energy are Hiking Rates on Customers Despite Declines in Coal and Gas Prices, and MPSC is not Stopping Them- Why?Monopolistic Utilities like Consumers Energy are Hiking Rates on Customers Despite Declines in Coal and Gas Prices, and MPSC is not Stopping Them- Why?
Here is what Mlive reports dated 9/27/2024: “Michigan electric, gas utilities get approval for multimillion-dollar rate hikes…Rate increases for other Michigan utility customers are still likely in the coming months, as regulators are currently entertaining requests from the state’s two largest power providers, DTE Energy and Consumers Energy, to up electric rates for millions of their customers.” This […]
Radical UN Environmental Mandate and the Need for Ottawa County to Stand in the GapRadical UN Environmental Mandate and the Need for Ottawa County to Stand in the Gap
Here is the view being mandated by the UN “pact for the future”: “the climate doesn’t care who emits greenhouse gases. There is only one viable path forward, and that is for everybody to phase out almost all fossil fuels as quickly as possible…more than 120 countries pledged to triple the world’s renewable-energy generation capacity […]
Important Facts Missing From MLive’s 9/25/2024 Article on Campbell’s Closure and the “Save the Campbell” EffortImportant Facts Missing From MLive’s 9/25/2024 Article on Campbell’s Closure and the “Save the Campbell” Effort
In the MLive article: The MLive article gives the impression the change will be good, but many unmentioned facts indicate otherwise. I appreciate the article references the “Save The Campbell” effort, but fear that overall the public is left significantly uninformed of some of the most important facts relevant to precipitous closure of the Campbell […]
Rep. Luke Meerman Supports Delaying the Closure/Demolition of the Campbell — Will the other political leaders in the county join him and us in seeking the same?Rep. Luke Meerman Supports Delaying the Closure/Demolition of the Campbell — Will the other political leaders in the county join him and us in seeking the same?
Below is what Rep. Meerman’s office is stating as their official position. It seeks from Consumers Energy and other parties a delay in the closure and demolition of the Campbell plant, which is the position SaveTheCampbell.com now seeks all political leaders in Ottawa County unite behind. Good afternoon, Joseph, Thank you for contacting Rep. Luke […]