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		<title>Energy Supply Policy Does Not Have Free Lunch</title>
		<link>http://www.varnumblogs.com/energy/2010/energy-supply-policy-does-not-have-free-lunch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baseload capacity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[MPSC Renewable Portfolio Standards groundrules]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></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; to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Impact of Air Permit for Consumers Power?</title>
		<link>http://www.varnumblogs.com/energy/2009/impact-of-air-permit-for-consumers-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Goodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baseload capacity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal fired]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumers Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy policy]]></category>
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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 Midland [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baseload capacity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capacity retirement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal fired power plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumers Power Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[demand forecast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fermi 3]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nuclear reactor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wolverine Power Cooperative]]></category>

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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 Cooperative.  [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[energy portfolio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intermittent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reliability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[standby]]></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 and [...]]]></description>
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