MPSC denies motions to stay Thumb Loop approval

 


By Kate Hessling
Tribune Staff Writer

4/13/2011

Huron Daily Tribune

 

LANSING — The Michigan Public Service Commission on Tuesday denied the motions filed last month by parties asking the commission to stay its approval of the Thumb Loop.

The Michigan Public Power Agency (MPPA) and the Michigan Municipal Electric Association (MMEA) filed a motion for the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) to stay pending the outcome of an appeal the organizations filed last month in the Michigan Court of Appeals in regard to the MPSC’s Feb. 25 approval of the Thumb Loop route.

Also last month, the Association of Business Advocating Tariff Equity (ABATE) filed a motion for stay and motion for immediate consideration regarding the MPSC’s Feb. 25 approval of the Thumb Loop route, which consists of about 140 miles of double-circuit 345,000 volt (345 kV) lines and four new substations. The Thumb Loop route runs in Tuscola, Huron, Sanilac and St. Clair counties. The Thumb Loop project will serve as the “backbone” of a system designed to meet the identified minimum and maximum wind energy potential of the Thumb region.  Continued..

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