CMS may ‘mothball,’ rather than retire or retrofit 1,000 MW of older coal-fired units

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CMS Energy is considering “mothballing,” as opposednto retiring or retrofitting, older coal units representing justnunder 1,000 MW of generating capacity and operated by itsnConsumers Energy subsidiary, the company said late last week.nThe fate of the 320-MW Cobb, 326-MW Whiting andn310-MW Karn-Weadock units most likely will be decided bynlate this year or early 2012, John Russell, CMS president andnCEO, told analysts in a July 28 phone conference to discussnsecond-quarter earnings