MPSC-Consumers Energy Officials Say Ottawa County and Township Concerns Do Not Matter / Ottawa County and Township CAN Make Them MatterMPSC-Consumers Energy Officials Say Ottawa County and Township Concerns Do Not Matter / Ottawa County and Township CAN Make Them Matter

County and Township boards have presented well-documented warnings by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and grid operator MISO, but officials with the MPSC and Consumers Energy quickly shrugged them off without even really addressing their contents.* The Michigan constitution gives the county significant legal levers to pull, and we hope Ottawa County takes […]

Thanks to the County Board for passing the Resolution! Recommended follow-up action.Thanks to the County Board for passing the Resolution! Recommended follow-up action.

As reported here and elsewhere, the Republicans on the Ottawa County Board passed the excellent Campbell Resolution they drafted. Special thanks to Commissioners Bonnema, Miedema, and Brugger for hammering it out for the Board to consider, and thanks to the Republican Board members for passing it. The discussion and passage of the resolution can be […]

An Excellent Campbell Resolution that the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners will be Voting on at its February 25, 2025 Meeting, D.V.An Excellent Campbell Resolution that the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners will be Voting on at its February 25, 2025 Meeting, D.V.

The “Save The Campbell” effort thanks and applauds the Board for drafting this excellent resolution: COUNTY OF OTTAWA STATE OF MICHIGAN RESOLUTION At a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the County of Ottawa, Michigan, held at the Fillmore Street Complex in the Township of Olive, Michigan, on the 25th of February, 2025 […]

Port Sheldon Township Supervisor is wrong when he asserts Ottawa County can do nothing to stop the Campbell closure!Port Sheldon Township Supervisor is wrong when he asserts Ottawa County can do nothing to stop the Campbell closure!

I am thankful the County Board is moving towards the first important step of passing a resolution to delay closure. Unlike what he asserts below, the Michigan Constitution gives Ottawa County significant legal powers over the Campbell IF we choose to use those legal levers, as we should. See SaveTheCampbell.com for the legal levers that […]

The Michigan Constitution Gives the County Board of Commissioners Significant Authority Over Privately Owned Public Utilities in the County : the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners Needs to Use that Authority NowThe Michigan Constitution Gives the County Board of Commissioners Significant Authority Over Privately Owned Public Utilities in the County : the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners Needs to Use that Authority Now

The Michigan Constitution reads thus: “Article VII,§ 15 County intervention in public utility service and rate proceedings. Sec. 15. Any county, when authorized by its board of supervisors shall have the authority to enter or to intervene in any action or certificate proceeding involving the services, charges or rates of any privately owned public utility […]