The governor hopes a new federal funding source can prolong the plant’s life, protecting jobs and preventing the need to burn more fossil fuels for energy. But plant owners say that, for now, they’re sticking with plans to close.
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American Electric Power Company Incorporated took the 1,077-megawatt (MW) Donald C. Cook 02 unit offline for planned refueling, reactor head and/or vessel inspections, valve and pump maintenance and fuel rod replacements, on April 17, at its Donald C. Cook Nuclear Power Station in Michigan. This event previously was expected to begin April 14. Completion is scheduled for May 18.
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Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy.
By Eric Freedman
A former top-ranking Michigan official is now overseeing national energy policy again.
This time it’s the Biden administration’s new Secretary of Energy, former Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
The last time it was former Republican U.S. Sen. Spencer Abraham, President George W. Bush’s Energy secretary from 2001-05.
“Jennifer Granholm and I have been in touch. We had a good discussion about the Department of Energy,” said Abraham, who has a Washington consulting firm that deals with energy issues and is an adviser to a D.C. law firm’s government affairs unit.