VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI – Michigan’s second largest electric utility faces a state fine after environmental regulators say it failed to follow air quality rules at one of its major power plants.
Consumers Energy could be required to pay a $75,000 civil penalty as part of a proposed order negotiated with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, or EGLE, to resolve violations.
Regulators dinged the power company for allegedly exceeding allowed air pollutant emissions levels for particulate matter, sulfuric acid and carbon monoxide at the Covert Generating Station near South Haven…