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Michigan Public Power Agency official briefs Bay City commissioners on grid reliability and renewable targets
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Pat Bolen, general manager and CEO of the Michigan Public Power Agency, told the Bay City City Commission on Feb. 17 that members must balance renewable goals with reliability, and described MPPA’s role in pooling resources and managing market risk for municipal utilities.
Pat Bolen, general manager and CEO of the Michigan Public Power Agency, briefed the Bay City City Commission on Feb. 17 about the agency’s role and the reliability challenges facing municipal electric utilities.
Bolen told commissioners that MPPA exists to give city-owned utilities economies of scale and to spread financial and operational risk across member utilities. “The idea really is to update each of our members on what is actually happening with the electricity marketplace and the industry itself, which is under profound change,” Bolen said.
The presentation outlined MPPA’s structure and membership: Bolen said the agency formed after Michigan’s Public Act 448 in 1976 and now represents 22 members serving roughly 300,000 customers. He described MPPA as a project-based joint action agency that helps members…
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