Ottawa County should look to the electric coop model to handle its electric energy, rather than the MPSC-Consumers Energy model. Various coops should join together to buy out Consumers Energy’s interest in the Campbell, so that it remains in operation. Some of its electric can be sold to a data center at a higher price, […]
Curtis Clark Heads to Washington, DC in the Coming Week to Seek to Present the “Save the Campbell” CaseCurtis Clark Heads to Washington, DC in the Coming Week to Seek to Present the “Save the Campbell” Case
Here is his open letter to “energy czar” Doug Burgum in advance of his visit: “Open Letter to US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum! Hundreds of thousands of West Michigan lives will be adversely affected and possibly endangered next winter. Consumers Energy says the reason they are destroying the Campbell coal powerplant in Ottawa County, beginning […]
Consumers Energy gobbles 800 acres of Oceana County farm land for proposed solar power plantConsumers Energy gobbles 800 acres of Oceana County farm land for proposed solar power plant
Neighboring farmers worry about effect on tax base and land values. It also does not provide reliable baseload electric. But Consumers Energy is doing it to follow Whitmer’s energy plan so its executives and investors can be handsomely rewarded.
Ottawa County and Its Townships Should Be Working with the MPPA to Craft the Purchase of Consumers Energy’s Interest in the Campbell, Expanding Upon the MPPA and Wolverine Power’s Current Ownership Interest in the CampbellOttawa County and Its Townships Should Be Working with the MPPA to Craft the Purchase of Consumers Energy’s Interest in the Campbell, Expanding Upon the MPPA and Wolverine Power’s Current Ownership Interest in the Campbell
This should be part of an effort to get local control of electric for the rest of Ottawa County that does not currently have it. We need to extricate ourselves of the Whitmer-appointed MPSC energy plan as executed by Consumers Energy. Here describes MPPA’s current interest in the Campbell: Wolverine Power is in litigation with […]
Reclaiming Solar Panel Fields Back to Farmland is Very ExpensiveReclaiming Solar Panel Fields Back to Farmland is Very Expensive
… just as it would be expensive to tear down Campbell and to build something in its place that could generate that much electricity. We better think twice before proceeding further in this direction.
Follow the Trump Energy Plan, Not the Whitmer Energy PlanFollow the Trump Energy Plan, Not the Whitmer Energy Plan
Here is a one-page handout explaining why Ottawa County should follow the Trump energy plan rather than the Whitmer energy plan: Here is the same handout with footnotes: