http://domemagazine.com/blogs Michigan People, Politics, and Policy Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:01:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://domemagazine.com/blogs/wu100909#comment-4088 David Waymire Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:37:35 +0000 http://domemagazine.com/blogs/?page_id=1243#comment-4088 The speaker should read the Michigan Public Service Commission staff report that conclusively shows we need no new major generation in this state for a decade or more before committing Michigan ratepayers to pay for a plant. The bottom line is that the Speaker's energy policy is to take away all risk from the utilities in building an new plant and put it all on the backs of taxpayers...er, ratepayers. It's hard to see how a state Legislature that is unwilling to pay for new roads or adequately fund education can afford new electric plants that the only impartial experts involved say it doesn't need. The speaker should read the Michigan Public Service Commission staff report that conclusively shows we need no new major generation in this state for a decade or more before committing Michigan ratepayers to pay for a plant. The bottom line is that the Speaker’s energy policy is to take away all risk from the utilities in building an new plant and put it all on the backs of taxpayers…er, ratepayers.
It’s hard to see how a state Legislature that is unwilling to pay for new roads or adequately fund education can afford new electric plants that the only impartial experts involved say it doesn’t need.

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