From and editorial in Sunday's edition of the Detroit News:
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No new base load power plant (main facilities that generate core power) has been built in Michigan in the past two decades. The commission says construction of at least one new plant, and possibly two is needed by 2014 or before. Given the length of time it takes to get permits, build and fire up a new plant, the time to get started is now.Earlier this year, the Michigan PUC issued a report outlining the preconditions it would require before authorizing the construction of a new nuclear power plant.
And the method of delivery should be nuclear power, which, thanks to new technology and standards, is safer and cleaner. Electricity generated at nuclear plants also is cheaper than that produced at gas-fired plants and reduces dependence on foreign oil.
Michigan needs to get its electricity issues in order. Brownouts today could be blackouts tomorrow and that's no way to attract business or new residents to the state.
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