Next Steps for the Weadock Site - Bay County

Next Steps for the Weadock Site

October 2017

Our Team:

Mary Kulis, Community Affairs Manager

Lynn Wilson, Stakeholder Engagement

Jeff Battaglia, Decommissioning Manager

Amy Jenrow, Engineering Lead

Welcome and Introductions

Operated 1940-2016

Generated electricity for approximately 300,000 households

Outstanding record of environmental stewardship and community service

Proud Legacy of Service

Difficult Decision

Retirements included: 3 units at Whiting (Monroe)

2 units at Cobb (Muskegon)

2 units at Weadock

Environmental regulations Market forces

In late 2011, we announced plans to close our “Classic Seven” units

Preparing for Change

Began the “decommissioning” process to prepare Weadock and the other plants for retirement.

Assisted employees in transitioning to new roles.

Weadock employees

Transition Period

Weadock flag lowering, May 2016

Plant was retired as planned in April 2016

Weadock site now ready for:

Abatement

Dismantling

Demolition

Work taking place about a

year ahead of schedule

Will return the site to “brownfield” status

Project Schedule

Outbuilding Demolition

Regulated Material

Abatement & Removal

Chimney Demolition

Main Plant Structure Demolition

Site Restoration

Q4 2017 Q4 2017 –Q4 2018 Q2&3 2018 Q3 2018 – Q3 2019 Q4 2019

What to Expect

Outbuilding Demolition Q4 2017

Main Plant Structure Demolition Q3 2018 – Q3 2019

Chimney Demolition Q2&3 2018

Worker safety Strong focus on

safety during construction

Safety diligence in changing conditions

2016 was the safest year in company history

Public safety Coordinating and

communicating with local emergency officials

Safety is Our Foundation

North American Dismantling Corporation (NADC)

Based in Lapeer

Focused on safety

Proven track record

Positive history with Consumers Energy

Who Will Do the Work?

How Will it Look?

Building demolition

How Will it Look?

Chimney Demolition

How Will it Look?

Chimney demolition

Economic impacts

Roughly $27 million project

Creates as many as 60 local construction jobs

Pure Michigan Business Connect

Construction impacts and mitigation

Traffic

Dust

Noise

Community Information

Will meet or exceed all current environmental requirements for Karn site operations.

Will comply with all environmental permitting requirements through the course of the project.

Leaving It Better Than We Found It

Project Communications

Questions or concerns: 989-891-3232

Questions?

This document contains “forward-looking statements;” please refer to our SEC filings for information regarding the risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially.