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		<title>Huge Battery to be Refurbished</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Watt's New? Michigan Energy News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman, Energy Lawyer The Ludington Pumped Storage Plant consists of a 27 billion gallon reservoir with 1,872 MW of generating capacity from hydroelectric turbines. The water in the reservoir is released during the day to turn the turbines and produce electricity. Pumps are used at night to refill the reservoir when electric demand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air Permit Denial for 600 MW Plant Challenged in Court</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman  In May the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment (MDNRE) denied the air permit application for a 600 MW coal-fired power plant proposed by Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative for Rogers City. Now that decision has been appealed by Wolverine to the Missaukee County Circuit Court. The Petition and Complaint allege: improper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Supply Policy Does Not Have Free Lunch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[MPSC Renewable Portfolio Standards groundrules]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman Comprehensive energy supply policy needs to simultaneously address concerns about climate, energy security, and economic viability.  Anyone who advocates a program on a single issue needs to be viewed skeptically.  The wind does not blow nor the sun shine all the time.  There is no single answer &#8211; technical nor policywise &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Impact of Air Permit for Consumers Power?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman After waiting more than two years, Consumers Power has received MDEQ approval of a Michigan air use permit for it proposed new coal fired facility in the Bay City area.  Whether it turns out to be the last project standing is still to be seen.  The LS Power coal project proposed for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan Does Not Need Large Power Plants Right Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman In its advisory role to the MDEQ on pending air permit applications, the Michigan Public Service Commission staff has found in two separate reports that there is no immediate need for either the 930 MW coal-fired plant proposed by Consumers Power Company nor the 600 MW coal-fired plant proposed by Wolverine Power [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is all electricity created equal?  MW vs. MWh</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[backup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baseload capacity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capacity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capacity portfolio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal burning power plants]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[energy security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intermittent]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Bruce Goodman There is a disconnect in the public discourse on electric generation in Michigan.  It revolves around the confusion caused by such terms as “capacity”, “availability”, “energy”, “reliability”,  “intermittent”, “firm”, “spot market”, “backup”, “baseload”, “efficiency” and other energy jargon.  Energy policy cannot afford loose talk or loose thinking. The call for energy efficiency [...]]]></description>
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