It will cost anywhere from $85 million to $200 million to fix damage from a fire earlier this month at Grand River Dam Authority’s main power plant.
The fire started July 1 after a lightning strike knocked out the cooling pumps for one of the coal-fired units.
"At that point, it's like your car overheating, or you're losing all your oil or losing all your coolant fluid," said GRDA spokesman Justin Alberty. "Things got overheated. It led to a fire inside the unit two turbine generator, which led to some structure fire on the roof."
The fire burned for several hours.
GRDA said earlier this month the turbine ruined by the fire would be offline up to two years. Insurance should cover most of the damage.
