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 […]
Thwart MPSC Plan to Convert Our Farmlands into Solar Panel Fields by Saving The Campbell and Not Letting Them Turn Into Battery Storage Facility for the Solar Panel Fields / The Magnitude of this Issue is Huge Given the Planned AI Data Centers’ Energy UsageThwart MPSC Plan to Convert Our Farmlands into Solar Panel Fields by Saving The Campbell and Not Letting Them Turn Into Battery Storage Facility for the Solar Panel Fields / The Magnitude of this Issue is Huge Given the Planned AI Data Centers’ Energy Usage
One of the most effective ways for Ottawa County to thwart the MPSC/Consumers Energy plan to convert many of our farmland acres into solar panel fields is to not let them close our Campbell plant and convert some of it into a battery storage facility. The purpose of the battery storage facility is to store […]
Request for the Ottawa County Board to Pass a Resolution Calling upon the MPSC and Consumers Energy to Comply with the Trump Administration’s National Energy Emergency Executive Order by Terminating Its Planned Closure of the Campbell and Allowing for the Co-Location of an AI Data Center Which Can Utilize Electric Generated by the CampbellRequest for the Ottawa County Board to Pass a Resolution Calling upon the MPSC and Consumers Energy to Comply with the Trump Administration’s National Energy Emergency Executive Order by Terminating Its Planned Closure of the Campbell and Allowing for the Co-Location of an AI Data Center Which Can Utilize Electric Generated by the Campbell
The Trump Administration’s National Energy Emergency executive order calls for stopping electric plant closures, because our lack of electric generation “constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to our Nation’s economy, national security, and foreign policy.” As part of this, the Trump Administration also calls for co-locating AI data centers next to plants like the Campbell […]
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 […]
If MPSC/Consumers Energy Do Not Respond Positively Within Several Weeks after a County Board Resolution To Delay Closure of the Campbell, One Action that the Ottawa County Board Should Take is Passage of a Public Safety Ordinance That Requires Consumers Energy to Delay ClosureIf MPSC/Consumers Energy Do Not Respond Positively Within Several Weeks after a County Board Resolution To Delay Closure of the Campbell, One Action that the Ottawa County Board Should Take is Passage of a Public Safety Ordinance That Requires Consumers Energy to Delay Closure
It is hoped that at its February 25, 2025 Board meeting that the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners will pass a “Save The Campbell” resolution requesting a delay in the closure of the Campbell to the MPSC and Consumers Energy. Time is critical, given the planned closure in May/June 2025. So it is important that […]