Joseph Parnell McCarter, Georgetown Township, volunteer leader of SaveTheCampbell effort. I thank this Board for passing the Campbell Resolution. Because you and other township boards did, it encouraged the Ottawa County Board to do the same last week. But just a few hours after the County passed its resolution, Consumers Energy VP Maddipati said that […]
The Huge GHAPS Budget Deficit Grand Haven Is Upset About Is Only One Casualty of the Campbell ClosureThe Huge GHAPS Budget Deficit Grand Haven Is Upset About Is Only One Casualty of the Campbell Closure
The Campbell has been the largest source of GHAPS tax revenues, so its closure significantly hurts it. People need to be made aware of this, and they can read about its effect here: https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/local/2023/06/07/planned-campbell-plant-closure-opens-up-property-for-development/70292298007/ . Grand Haven residents are responding negatively to the cuts they are now learning about, as described at https://restoreottawa.substack.com/p/grand-haven-residents-unhappy-with : “Superintendent […]
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 […]
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 […]