Consumers Energy finally said today what environmental and citizen groups have been saying for years: There's not a need for new, dirty power generation in Michigan.
Officials with the Jackson-based company left out the dirty part, but said today that construction of a new $2.3 billion, 830-megawatt plant has been "deferred." It was to go online in 2017, saddling customers with higher rates, still polluting the environment with mercury and other toxic substances and committing Michigan to an investment in coal rather than cleaner energy alternatives for decades to come.
