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Escanaba has received permission to close its power plant this summer.
The Mid-Continent Independent System Operators has decided not to extend a “system support resource” agreement with the city to keep the power plant operating.
The city had been receiving payments for several years to keep the power plant on standby in case it was needed to add power to the grid. MISO has decided that it does not need the plant anymore, and the payments will stop in June.
The city plans to close the power plant at that time unless a deal can be worked out for someone to purchase it. City officials are in talks with Sterling Energy of Gary, Indiana to buy the plant and make power by burning biomass.
The plant has been off-line since it was damaged when a nearby substation exploded on February 2nd.
