Government imposed power shortages on the way?---7 Consumers Energy coal plants to close in Michigan by 2016

7 Consumers Energy coal plants to close in Michigan by 2016:
"The problem Consumers Energy faces is coming up with replacement energy production to offset the loss due to the closing of the coal plants, according to Lewis.
Building a new power plant with all the Environmental Protection Agency standards in place can take more than a decade, she said.
“One of the reason we’re not replacing (power plants), EPA regulations are so costly to bring these 45-year-old plants up to standard, it is not cost effective for the company or the customer,” she said. “You have to get all sorts of permits.
If you ever dealt with the government at the state and federal level they move at their own pace. It takes a while.
Lewis reported that because of the loss of the power plants there will be a 3 gigawatt shortage in 2016 in Michigan.
“The big deal there is that 91 percent of that 3 percent is in lower Michigan,” she said.
“There’s a real concern there...”