Consumers Energy Seeks Delay in Safety Upgrades at Hardy Dam Amid Sale Process

Consumers Energy Seeks Delay in Safety Upgrades at Hardy Dam Amid Sale Process

Consumers Energy is seeking to postpone significant safety upgrades at Michigan's largest dam, Hardy Dam, as it pursues approval for the sale of the facility and 12 others. The utility has requested permission from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to delay a $350 million spillway replacement project at the dam on the Muskegon River. Consumers Energy argues that it is not practical to start the work on the dam in Newaygo County while awaiting regulatory approvals and finalizing the sale to a private equity firm that will assume maintenance duties.