LIMA TWP., MI — A community near Ann Arbor has put a temporary pause on new power-generating facilities as it faces the possibility of a Consumers Energy power plant.
The Lima Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously Friday, June 12, to enact a 12-month moratorium to temporarily halt permitting, considering or approving power generating facilities in the township.
The moratorium comes amid growing resident opposition over a potential plan for Consumers Energy to install a natural gas-burning power plant on an approximately 120-acre farm property off South Lima Center Road…