Per Google AI: “As of late October 2025, the Henry Hub natural gas spot price is significantly higher than the Powder River Basin (PRB) coal spot price when compared on an equivalent energy content basis. The Henry Hub natural gas price is around $3.30 per million British thermal units (MMBtu), while the benchmark PRB coal price is approximately $14.30 per short ton, which equates to a much lower price per MMBtu…To compare these directly, coal prices must be converted to an MMBtu basis. PRB coal typically has a lower energy content than other coal types (around 8,800-9,000 Btu/lb, or 17.6-18 MMBtu/ton). Therefore, at $14.30/ton, the price per MMBtu for PRB coal is roughly $0.80 – $0.81/MMBtu (calculated as $14.30 per ton / ~17.8 MMBtu per ton).”
The Campbell plant uses low cost Powder River Basin (PRB) coal, making it the most cost effective way to provide reliable electric for our grid’s baseload, especially since the facility is already manufactured and in place. This is especially the case for Campbell Unit 3 which is equipped with modern, highly effective anti-polluting equipment. This is why Campbell Unit 3 was intended even by Consumers Energy executives to last to 2040, until they bent to the Whitmer-appointed MPSC’s Net Zero agenda in order to secure more profits for themselves.
It is in the local interest of Ottawa County not to let Consumers Energy executives to get away with what they are trying to do. We have a source of reliable, inexpensive, and environmentally responsible electric in our Campbell plant, and we should not let it go.