WEST OLIVE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The Consumers Energy J.H. Campbell Plant in Ottawa County’s West Olive will stay open for now.
A federal emergency order will keep the plant open, despite its planned closure at the end of the month.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright announced that the coal-fired plant will continue operating for the next several months, citing the need for backup power in the event of grid blackouts.
Consumers Energy says the J.H. Campbell Complex began operating in 1962 and generates up to 1,450 megawatts of electricity, enough to serve one million people. The 2000-acre facility was named after James H. Campbell who was a former company president from 1960 to 1972.
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