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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has challenged the U.S. Department of Energy's forcing the Consumers Energy-owned J.H. Campbell plant in Port Sheldon to remain open for 90 days, arguing that the move will force customers to absorb exorbitant costs.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright issued the emergency order on Friday, May 23 — just eight days before the plant was scheduled to shut down, a plan that has been in place since 2021.
From a change in legal counsel, revisiting a controversial lake remediation contract and trying to delay the closure of a coal-fired power plant, the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners is poised to make several big decisions at its next meeting Tuesday, Feb. 25.
Although Ottawa County is not interested in getting into the public utility business, concerns continue to mount about the stability of the energy grid.
