Consumers Energy spends millions keeping coal plant open per fed order The utility expects the cost to be shared by customers in the north and central regions of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator.

Otherwise, we’re going to be getting more situations like this: www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...

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Basically, that’s what the administration is doing through the orders David and I discuss. We need specific analyses about how much new load is really going to show up, when, and where, then a review of all the ways (supply-side, demand-side, transmission) the system can handle that new load.

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Glad you found it interesting. I have no argument with the last part of your comment generally. But, w/o attributing this further step to you, I'll add that a serious problem arises when blanket statements like that are lazily used as a justification for specific energy resource decisions.

14.08.2025 20:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

What leads expensive power plants to run when lower-cost energy resources… | Horizon Climate Initiative What leads expensive power plants to run when lower-cost energy resources are available? It’s not as complicated as you might think—as Jill Tauber of…

Utilities are not holding up their end of the bargain when it comes to keeping electricity costs down, and consumers pay the price: bit.ly/3RAUHqR

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Utilities push out lower-cost resources--Joe Daniel @rockymtninst.bsky.social gives a 30-second drill-down on a hidden, market-distorting practice that unjustly rewards fossil power plants and raises electricity bills.

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