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DESCRIPTION:IEEE WEST MICHIGAN SECTION MEETING\n10:00 AM WEDNESDAY\, Octobe
 r 29\, 2025\n\nTOUR OF THE ZEELAND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS (BPW)\n\nWASHINGT
 ON AVE POWER PLANT\n\nALL MEMBERS OF THE IEEE WMS\, THE WEST MICHIGAN\nCON
 SULTANTS NETWORK\, AND THEIR GUESTS ARE INVITED TO\nTOUR THE ZEELAND BPW W
 ASHINGTON AVE POWER PLANT\nSPONSORED BY THE IEEE WMS LIFE MEMBER AFFINITY 
 GROUP\n\n(This tour was originally scheduled for June 25\, 2025\, but was 
 cancelled due to the\nextreme heat West Michigan was experiencing at that 
 time and the resulting high\ndemand for power they had to deal with).\n\nL
 OCATION\nThe power plant is located at 347 E. Washington Ave.\, Zeeland MI
  49464.\n\nParking\nTour attendees are encouraged to carpool where possibl
 e due to limited parking in the\narea. Our tour guide will send us instruc
 tions on where to park and where to meet for\nthe tour prior to the tour d
 ate. When we receive those instructions\, we will send them to\nyou in eit
 her another eNotice\, or directly to the email addresses of those signed u
 p to\nattend.\n\nTour\nWe are limited to 20 visitors. Each active IEEE or 
 WMCN member signing up for the\ntour may also sign up one or two non-IEEE/
 WMCN guests. Guests must be at least 14\nyears old.\nThe tour begins at 10
 :00 AM. It is anticipated that we will meet at 350 E. Washington\nAve\, wh
 ich is their office located across the street from the power plant. The ex
 act\nmeeting location will be announced later as noted above. Plan to arri
 ve between 9:45\nand 10:00 AM.\n\nClothing &amp; Footwear Restrictions\n\nFull
  length pants and secure footwear are required. No shorts\, no flip-flops.
  Attire is\notherwise casual.\nOptional Lunch\nAfter the tour\, those inte
 rested will meet for lunch at Frank’s Restaurant located at 134\nE. Main
  Ave in Zeeland. IEEE and WMCN member’s lunch will be paid for by our WM
 S.\nMember guests will be expected to pay for their own lunch.\nZEELAND BP
 W WASHINGTON AVE POWER PLANT FAQs\nThe facility we will tour is operated b
 y the city of Zeeland. It was built in 1935 and\nupgraded during the 1950
 ’s through the 1980’s. They currently have 7 internal\ncombustion gene
 rating units with capacities ranging from 1 to 6 Megawatts. Total\ncapacit
 y is 24 Megawatts. The power units can use both natural gas (primary) and\
 ndiesel (secondary). The facility is a “peaking” facility in that it i
 s only placed online when\nthe demand for electricity exceeds the 930 Mega
 watt capacity of the nearby Consumers\nEnergy Generating Plant on N. Fairv
 iew Rd in Zeeland.\n\nRSVP REQUESTED\nRSVP to Larry Postema (WMS LMAG Chai
 r) at Larry.Postema@outlook.com (616-306-\n0040). Include your cell or hom
 e phone number\, names of any guests you plan to bring\,\nand whether or n
 ot you and/or any guest(s) plan to attend the optional lunch.\nRSVPs will 
 be accepted until 3 PM\, Tuesday\, October 28 or until the event is full.\
 nAttendance is limited\, so please RSVP early.\n\nEVENT CONTACTS\nFor ques
 tions\, contact:\n\nLarry Postema\, WMS LMAG Chair\, at Larry.Postema@outl
 ook.com\n\nRon Fredricks\, WMS Vice-Chair\, at ron_fredricks@comcast.net\n
 \n350 E. Washington Ave\, Zeeland\, Michigan\, United States
LOCATION:350 E. Washington Ave\, Zeeland\, Michigan\, United States
ORGANIZER:Larry.Postema@outlook.com
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SUMMARY:Tour of Zeeland Generating Station
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/504481
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 WEST MICHIGAN SECTION MEETING&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10:00 AM WEDNESDAY\, Oct
 ober 29\, 2025&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TOUR 
 OF THE ZEELAND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS (BPW)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;text-al
 ign: center\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WASHINGTON AVE POWER PLANT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;
 text-align: center\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ALL MEMBERS OF THE IEEE WMS\, THE WEST MICHI
 GAN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CONSULTANTS NETWORK\, AND THEIR GUESTS ARE INVITED
  TO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TOUR THE ZEELAND BPW WASHINGTON AVE POWER PLANT&lt;/s
 trong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SPONSORED BY THE IEEE WMS LIFE MEMBER AFFINITY GROUP&lt;/st
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 : left\;&quot;&gt;(This tour was originally scheduled for June 25\, 2025\, but was
  cancelled due to the&lt;br&gt;extreme heat West Michigan was experiencing at th
 at time and the resulting high&lt;br&gt;demand for power they had to deal with).
 &lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left\;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LOCATION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;The p
 ower plant is located at 347 E. Washington Ave.\, Zeeland MI 49464.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;
 p style=&quot;text-align: left\;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parking&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Tour attendee
 s are encouraged to carpool where possible due to limited parking in the&lt;b
 r&gt;area. Our tour guide will send us instructions on where to park and wher
 e to meet for&lt;br&gt;the tour prior to the tour date. When we receive those in
 structions\, we will send them to&lt;br&gt;you in either another eNotice\, or di
 rectly to the email addresses of those signed up to&lt;br&gt;attend.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p sty
 le=&quot;text-align: left\;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tour&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;We are limited to 20 
 visitors. Each active IEEE or WMCN member signing up for the&lt;br&gt;tour may a
 lso sign up one or two non-IEEE/WMCN guests. Guests must be at least 14&lt;br
 &gt;years old.&lt;br&gt;The tour begins at 10:00 AM. It is anticipated that we will
  meet at 350 E. Washington&lt;br&gt;Ave\, which is their office located across t
 he street from the power plant. The exact&lt;br&gt;meeting location will be anno
 unced later as noted above. Plan to arrive between 9:45&lt;br&gt;and 10:00 AM.&lt;/
 p&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left\;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clothing &amp;amp\; Footwear Res
 trictions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Full length pants and secure footwear are requi
 red. No shorts\, no flip-flops. Attire is&lt;br&gt;otherwise casual.&lt;br&gt;Optional
  Lunch&lt;br&gt;After the tour\, those interested will meet for lunch at Frank&amp;r
 squo\;s Restaurant located at 134&lt;br&gt;E. Main Ave in Zeeland. IEEE and WMCN
  member&amp;rsquo\;s lunch will be paid for by our WMS.&lt;br&gt;Member guests will 
 be expected to pay for their own lunch.&lt;br&gt;ZEELAND BPW WASHINGTON AVE POWE
 R PLANT FAQs&lt;br&gt;The facility we will tour is operated by the city of Zeela
 nd. It was built in 1935 and&lt;br&gt;upgraded during the 1950&amp;rsquo\;s through 
 the 1980&amp;rsquo\;s. They currently have 7 internal&lt;br&gt;combustion generating
  units with capacities ranging from 1 to 6 Megawatts. Total&lt;br&gt;capacity is
  24 Megawatts. The power units can use both natural gas (primary) and&lt;br&gt;d
 iesel (secondary). The facility is a &amp;ldquo\;peaking&amp;rdquo\; facility in t
 hat it is only placed online when&lt;br&gt;the demand for electricity exceeds th
 e 930 Megawatt capacity of the nearby Consumers&lt;br&gt;Energy Generating Plant
  on N. Fairview Rd in Zeeland.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RSVP REQUESTED&lt;/strong&gt;
 &lt;br&gt;RSVP to Larry Postema (WMS LMAG Chair) at Larry.Postema@outlook.com (6
 16-306-&lt;br&gt;0040). Include your cell or home phone number\, names of any gu
 ests you plan to bring\,&lt;br&gt;and whether or not you and/or any guest(s) pla
 n to attend the optional lunch.&lt;br&gt;RSVPs will be accepted until 3 PM\, Tue
 sday\, October 28 or until the event is full.&lt;br&gt;Attendance is limited\, s
 o please RSVP early.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EVENT CONTACTS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;For qu
 estions\, contact:&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Larry Postema\, WMS LMAG Chair\, at Larry.Poste
 ma@outlook.com&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Ron Fredricks\, WMS Vice-Chair\, at ron_fredricks@c
 omcast.net&lt;/p&gt;
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