“The U.K. now holds the dubious title of having the highest electricity prices in the world – a burden that is crushing households and businesses alike. Millions are struggling to pay their energy bills, forcing many to choose between heating and other essentials…On multiple occasions, Britain’s grid operators scrambled to stabilize the system as freezing temperatures coincided with a prolonged drop in wind power generation…The root of Europe’s energy woes lies in the flawed assumption that “green” technologies can reliably replace fossil fuels. One wonders if European planners also assumed milder winters because of their predictions of global warming.” – https://co2coalition.org/2025/01/21/the-dark-side-of-europes-energy-devolution/
The Ottawa County Board is invested by the Michigan Constitution with legal levers to intervene regarding electric service and pricing. The MPSC/Consumers Energy combination already gives Consumers Energy customers here in Ottawa County inordinately high pricing, and they are on course to make it worse by closing the Campbell rather than allowing it to be partially used to supply a data center with electric at higher rates so that regular customer rates can be lowered, as well as making sure Ottawa County has control over the electric generation it needs to prosper. MPSC/Consumers Energy are following an agenda that is ruining Britain. Is the Ottawa County Board going to have Ottawa County Britain’s electric energy path, or learn from it?