Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm toured the Holtec Palisades Training Center on Thursday before announcing the federal government’s commitment to offer a $1.5 billion conditional loan to restart the Palisades nuclear plant.
Hundreds of people packed into Holtec’s dry fuel storage building in Covert Township as Whitmer and Granholm — who previously served as governor — spotlighted the jobs the revived plant would bring to the community and the role nuclear energy would play in achieving Michigan’s clean energy goals.
“Once operational, Palisades will provide reliable power to more than 800,000 homes and help us meet our statewide clean energy goals by removing three million tons of CO2 from the atmosphere annually, roughly equal to the emissions of 650,000 cars,” Whitmer said.
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