A 1,176-megawatt (1,200-MW nameplate) natural gas-fired combined cycle generating plant located in Van Buren County, Michigan, purchased by Consumers Energy from New Covert Generating Company, LLC, a non-affiliated company. Consumers signed the Purchase and Sale Agreement on June 21, 2021 and completed the purchase in May 2023 for $810 million, with an additional $2 million paid in August 2023 under a post-closing working capital adjustment. The acquisition was a centerpiece of Consumers Energy's Clean Energy Plan to exit coal generation, adding dispatchable natural gas capacity to bridge the transition.
Why it was attractive
- 01 An existing
- 02 already-interconnected combined-cycle gas plant gave Consumers dispatchable capacity to replace retiring coal units (Campbell
- 03 Karn) without building new generation
- 04 supporting reliability through the coal-to-clean transition
Capabilities acquired
1176-MW natural gas-fired combined cycle generationdispatchable baseload/peaking capacityMidcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) interconnection
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