ALLEGAN, Mich. -- Consumers Energy will host a community meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 29, to discuss the future of the Calkins Bridge Dam.
The utility company recently announced it would be exploring the possibility of selling its 13 hydroelectric dams. The energy provider is still contemplating the facilities' future while considering all options to safety maintain the dam reservoirs.
More specifics from the Consumers Energy news release:
Consumers Energy is hosting another series of public community meetings with the goal of sharing progress that has been made over the last year and answering questions from the community.
WHERE:
Allegan High School - Performing Arts Center
1560 M-40, Allegan, MI 49010
WHEN:
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the public meeting will begin at 6 p.m.
IMPORTANT FACTS:
- Consumers Energy hired Public Sector Consultants, a Lansing-based nonpartisan research and consulting firm that specializes in public engagement, to help host the public meetings.
- Consumers Energy’s 30 to 40-year federal operating licenses on the Muskegon, Manistee, Grand, Kalamazoo and Au Sable rivers are set to expire beginning in 2034 through 2041. The Calkins Bridge Dam license expires in 2040.
- At the meeting, Consumers Energy will be presenting feedback gathered in the last year as well as the economic contribution study.
- For all meeting details, to provide comments, and more information about the process, visit: ConsumersEnergy.com/HydroFuture.
- Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest energy provider, is the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy (NYSE: CMS), providing natural gas and/or electricity to 6.7 million of the state’s 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties.
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