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Marquette commission unanimously backs bills to preserve local power investments
Summary
The Marquette City Commission on Jan. 26 adopted a resolution urging Michigan lawmakers to pass House Bills 4007 and 4283, saying the measures would allow the Marquette Board of Light and Power to operate natural-gas generating units through their useful life and protect local ratepayers from added costs; vote was 7-0.
The Marquette City Commission unanimously adopted a resolution Jan. 26 urging the Michigan Legislature to pass House Bills 4007 and 4283, moves city officials said are intended to preserve local electric-generation investments and shield ratepayers from higher costs.
City Manager Kovacs said the bills “would actually allow us to continue, allow BLP to continue to, have those natural gas fired, rice engines run,” and that the units were built to replace oversized coal plants. Kovacs told the commission the city…
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