Three power stations face closure and demolition.
Consumers Energy has asked the state to approve a bond issue that will allow it to close and demolish three coal-fired power plants in Michigan.
The request to the Michigan Public Service Commission would allow it to close and demolish the B.C. Cobb plant on Muskegon Lake beginning in April 2016. The request comes amid stricter federal regulations on such plants.
The unit of Jackson-based CMS Energy Corp. said the same closure and demolition plans are being made for coal-fired units at Consumers Energy’s J.R. Whiting near Luna Pier in Monroe County and J.C. Weadock near Bay City on the Saginaw Bay.
Plans will move forward if the $454 million bond issue gets approval, said company spokesman Dan Bishop.
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