The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) decides how much profitability Consumers Energy, the main business of CMS Energy, may have, and it is being well rewarded: “Key financial results for 2024 Dividend: The company increased its annual dividend by 11 cents per share for 2025, marking the 19th consecutive annual increase. Earnings per share (EPS): CMS Energy […]
Without closing the Campbell, Consumers Energy significantly reduced pollutant emissions by anti-polluting equipment and other measuresWithout closing the Campbell, Consumers Energy significantly reduced pollutant emissions by anti-polluting equipment and other measures
See https://s26.q4cdn.com/888045447/files/doc_financials/2024/ar/AnnualReport2024_Full_WEB-ready.pdf
Allendale Township Board discusses but fails to even vote on “Save The Campbell” Resolutions which would provide path for locally controlled electric to thwart Consumers Energy’s Net Zero AgendaAllendale Township Board discusses but fails to even vote on “Save The Campbell” Resolutions which would provide path for locally controlled electric to thwart Consumers Energy’s Net Zero Agenda
By Joseph Parnell McCarter Township Supervisor Elenbaas at the 9/8/2025 Board meeting had indicated there could be a vote at the next township board meeting concerning the 2nd round of “Save The Campbell” Resolutions. We read at https://allendalemi.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/9-8-2025-Approved-Minutes.pdf : “Ms. Schuitema led a discussion on green energy initiatives and the closing of the Campbell […]
Thanks to the Zeeland Township Board for Unanimously Passing the 2nd Round of Campbell Resolutions, Now Joining 4 Other Townships in Ottawa County Which Have Done So!Thanks to the Zeeland Township Board for Unanimously Passing the 2nd Round of Campbell Resolutions, Now Joining 4 Other Townships in Ottawa County Which Have Done So!
The Zeeland Township Board joins the following other township boards in passing this 2nd Round of Campbell Resolutions: We are optimistic there will be other township boards joining them in defending local citizens against an unrealistic and dangerous Net Zero Agenda being imposed upon us by Consumers Energy at the bidding of the Whitmer-appointed Michigan […]
Ottawa County needs to introduce more real competition and alternatives into the local grid market so local residential interests are better served.Ottawa County needs to introduce more real competition and alternatives into the local grid market so local residential interests are better served.
There is a section of Blendon Township with Great Lakes Energy Cooperative, and there is a section with Consumers Energy. But MPSC discourages competition among electric providers, which is just the opposite of what it should be doing for the sake of customers. There should instead be encouraged vigorous competition between the various electric cooperatives […]
I have a dream…I have a dream…
I have a dream that all of the fossil fuel plants and the electric grid in Ottawa County will be locally controlled by the time Trump’s term ends, and that they will be judged not by the CO2 they emit, but by their generation of reliable, affordable, environmentally responsible electric for our baseload electric. Three […]
Last night Polkton Township became the 4th township in Ottawa County to pass the 2nd round of “Save The Campbell” Resolutions, creating an exploratory committee to investigate local control over electric, including over the Campbell.Last night Polkton Township became the 4th township in Ottawa County to pass the 2nd round of “Save The Campbell” Resolutions, creating an exploratory committee to investigate local control over electric, including over the Campbell.
We are thankful for the Polkton Township Board‘s strong defense for the citizens it represents. They unanimously passed a modified form of the 2nd round of “Save The Campbell” Resolutions. Their modified form seeks for the exploratory committee to consider not only the ones specified in the original version, but even other possible ones too. […]
Locally Controlled Electric Via a Cooperative and the Possibility of a Contract with an AI Data CenterLocally Controlled Electric Via a Cooperative and the Possibility of a Contract with an AI Data Center
Central to the “Save The Campbell” plan is replacement of Consumers Energy in Ottawa County, including its ownership of the Campbell, with a locally controlled electric cooperative which seeks to thwart the misguided Net Zero Agenda. The main objective of the 2nd round of Save The Campbell Resolutions is to explore getting this local control […]
Speech Before the Blendon Township Board on 09-19-2025Speech Before the Blendon Township Board on 09-19-2025
Joseph Parnell McCarter, Georgetown Township, volunteer leader of SaveTheCampbell effort. Thanks to those in Blendon Township who have put a needed spotlight on the dangerous lithium ion battery plant, and thanks to the Blendon Board for placing the 2nd Round of Campbell Resolutions on tonight’s Agenda, like you did the 1st Round and unanimously passed […]