MI utilities are misleading you….
MISO area of electricity control is shown below in Green
If you don’t have a cup of flour but your neighbor does, can you still bake your cookies? Sure, you borrow a cup and share the cookies.
A Michigan marketing group, on behalf of two MI electric utilities, is running advertisements trying to say that the closing of state coal fired power plants will leave MI without energy. This statement is WRONG. Michigan like most of Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Louisiana and Iowa are all interconnected with Michigan. That is; each state’s energy generation and electric consumption is shared amongst all. A shortfall in one state is met by a surplus in another state. The electric transmission system ensures the power is delivered.
So MISO, which stand for Midwest Independent System Operator, is responsible for the electricity throughout the Midwest. Their forecast; a surplus of energy for the foreseeable future.
MI utilities want to retain coal generation to improve their companies economics. It has nothing to do with supplying power. In fact, retaining those coal fired power plants will prevent cleaner and renewable energy resources from generating electricity.
So don’t believe the scare tactics that you might see. If MI utilities want to retain coal generation, they can choose to do so. Modernize them and keep them viable. That way, they can serve the public and their companies honestly.
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