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It is costing Consumers energy millions of dollars to keep operating the J.H. Campbell coal burning power plant past its retirement date. One Ottawa Co. Commissioner says electricity generated at the plant is making money that offsets some of the expense

Tuesday, local leaders and advocates condemned the federal government’s emergency order keeping an Ottawa County coal plant online, citing environmental injustice and high costs

This is now the third time Energy Secretary Chris Wright ordered the Campbell plant to stay open

We talk to Lead Strategist Climate Justice Team, Urban Core Collective, Sergio Cira-Reyes.

Wright issued an emergency order keeping the Ottawa Co. plant open because he says the Midwest needs the electricity. He says political pressure on utilities to stop burning coal was behind the decision to retire it

Consumers Energy’s J.H. Campbell plant in Grand Haven was supposed to close later this week as part of a transition to cleaner energy

The Ottawa County Board of Commissioners voted 7-4 today not to pursue litigation against Consumers Energy over the upcoming closure of the J.H. Campbell Generating Complex

The Ottawa County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution appealing to the Michigan Public Services Commission to reconsider the closure of the Consumers Energy J.H. Campbell Generating Complex

The company plans to reutilize decades of coal ash for a cement substitute

The integrated resource plan, or IRP, requires DTE Electric to reduce its reliance on coal, speed up renewable energy projects, and disclose large political donations