Consumers seeks to delay millions in flood control upgrades as it pursues dam sales

The Hardy Dam plugs up the Muskegon River upstream of Newaygo.
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Consumers Energy is looking to delay hundreds of millions of dollars in planned safety upgrades at the largest dam in Michigan while it seeks approval of a hotly-debated plan to sell the facility and 12 others. In a filing March 16, the company asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for permission to put off a long-planned $350 million replacement […]
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