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Utility director warns DOE orders could leave Coldwater customers on the hook for Campbell plant costs
Summary
Coldwater's utility director told the board that successive DOE orders have kept Consumers Energy's J.H. Campbell coal plant operating, creating large recovery filings at FERC and potential cost exposure across MISO that could affect Coldwater indirectly.
Rudy Veil, director of Coldwater's Board of Public Utilities, told the board that federal Department of Energy orders have repeatedly required the J.H. Campbell coal plant to continue operating, producing potential regional cost exposures that could reach Coldwater through the MISO market.
Veil described the plant as "a 1,420 megawatt, coal plant" in West Olive owned and operated by Consumers Energy that was approved for decommissioning with a final shutdown in May 2025. He said successive DOE orders have allowed the energy secretary to invoke emergency measures requiring retired or…
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