Joseph Parnell McCarter, 6408 Wrenwood, Georgetown Township, volunteer leader of SaveTheCampbell effort.
I want to thank this Board for considering the latest round of “Save The Campbell” Resolutions. If it had not been for the early support of the Jamestown and Georgetown Boards in the “Save The Campbell” effort, I am not sure I would have continued to press ahead with it.
More and more Ottawa County citizens are coming to realize just how bad the Net Zero Agenda is for us, not only in terms of grid reliability and cost, but also in terms of the dangers with a growing number of massive lithium ion battery storage plants. The reality is that these are far more environmentally dangerous than the Campbell, but since they only store energy for 4 hours, they do not solve the solar/wind weakness of variable energy generation. Two such battery plants are already planned for Ottawa County, and more are likely on the way.
We need to cut off the money train that funds the Net Zero Agenda’s dangerous battery plant and solar panel field developments in Ottawa County, as well as seeks premature demolition of the Campbell.
The money train begins with outrageously expensive and rising electric utility bills that Consumers Energy charges their customers in Ottawa County, in order to fund their aggressively pursued Net Zero Agenda. The Whitmer-appointed MPSC rewards Consumers Energy executives and investors handsomely to aggressively pursue the Net Zero Agenda. Flush with that money from electric rate payers, Consumers Energy enters into contracts with globalist corporations to build massive dangerous battery storage plants and solar panel field developments in Ottawa County and across Michigan that bypass local control via Michigan’s PA 233 law.
We need to cut off this money train by exploring the possible replacement of Consumers Energy in Ottawa County with our own locally controlled electric cooperative, seeking the assistance of the Trump Administration. Zeeland’s Electric Cooperative has shown a locally controlled electric cooperative can be successfully run at half the price of Consumers Energy residential rates.
Please vote for these new Campbell Resolutions.