Michigan’s Palisades closure raises blackout risk this summer
Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager
This is not good news for electricity consumers in Michigan.
It is looking ever more likely that demand for electricity may exceed supply and capacity this summer, in various regions of the U.S.
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“Entergy Corp. announced on Friday that it had permanently shut down its Palisades Power Plant in Michigan after 50 years of operation earlier than planned.
… The Palisades plant covers 432 acres in western Covert Township, Van Buren County, Michigan, and generates around 800 megawatts of electricity, that’s enough to power 800,000 residences in Southwest Michigan. The facility employed around 600 employees. …”
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“With the closure, the United States will now have 92 nuclear reactors, more than any other country, but nuclear power capacity peaked in 2012. …”