In a move to lower its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Michigan public utility Consumers Energy announced it would purchase four natural gas-fired power plants as it aims to transition away from coal by 2025. 

Pending state and federal regulatory approvals, Consumers Energy has proposed purchasing the 1,176 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle Covert Generating Station in Van Buren County, the 770 MW natural gas and waste gas co-generation Dearborn Industrial Generation plant in Wayne County, the 75 MW Kalamazoo River Generating Station in Kalamazoo County and the 156 MW Livingston Generating Station in Otsego County. 

In its latest clean energy plan, the Jackson, MI-based utility said it expects to be one of the first utilities in the country to end electricity generation from