Data centers can be used for good or ill, like guns and other weapons. We need them under local American control, to better ensure they are not used for ill, but for good. Unilateral disarmament is not a wise strategy for things which can be used for good or ill in a powerful way. This […]
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… to encourage the Office of Energy Dominance Financing under the Department of Energy to schedule a consultation meeting with us according to its procedures and rules, in follow up to our submission shown at https://savethecampbell.com/submission-to-initiate-discussion-with-department-of-energy/ . So far there has been no response, yet during the period the Office has not only been meeting with […]
Important question to ask political candidates and leaders: Do you support giving local voters the opportunity to decide whether we have local control of our electric grid via a locally elected electric cooperative board or do you want to stick with the status quo of leaving grid control with the Consumers Energy monopoly executives and the MPSC?Important question to ask political candidates and leaders: Do you support giving local voters the opportunity to decide whether we have local control of our electric grid via a locally elected electric cooperative board or do you want to stick with the status quo of leaving grid control with the Consumers Energy monopoly executives and the MPSC?
Many decisions must be made about our local electric grid regarding solar panel fields and battery plants trying to replace fossil fuel plants like the Campbell, as well as data centers. A central question is whether we want to have local control of these grid issues via a locally elected electric cooperative board, or whether […]
Trouble with the eastern power gridTrouble with the eastern power grid
The Eastern Power Grid Will Run Out of Emergency Peak Power in June, 2027
The next logical step in local control: joining the effort to get local control of our electric grid via a locally elected electric cooperativeThe next logical step in local control: joining the effort to get local control of our electric grid via a locally elected electric cooperative
Many townships like Allendale Township are moving towards the assertion of their local control rights of the electric grid, such as via a temporary moratorium on data centers and solar farms. The next logical step is to join in the effort to get local control of our electric grid via a locally elected electric cooperative […]
How Consumers Energy’s peak pricing has significantly evolved for the worse to accommodate the misguided Net Zero agendaHow Consumers Energy’s peak pricing has significantly evolved for the worse to accommodate the misguided Net Zero agenda
Consumers Energy’s Summer Time‑of‑Use (T‑U) Rate — which includes peak pricing — has evolved significantly since the early 2000s, reflecting both regulatory changes and rising electricity costs, to accommodate the misguided Net Zero agenda. Pre‑2000 contextBefore the 2000s, Michigan’s electricity market was still largely regulated, with fewer time‑of‑use programs and more uniform pricing. Consumers Energy, as a […]