1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1112+ words) A contractor trimming trees. Credit: Consumers Energy LANSING " While charging comparably high electric rates, Michigan utilities continue to rank among the worst in the nation in reliability. Now, the Public Service Commission (PSC) wants them to increase their tree trimming…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago  (878+ words) Michigan regulators on Thursday adopted landmark standards for the booming data center industry with a plan they say tries to protect residents from subsidizing the industry's hefty energy use. In a 3-0 vote, the Michigan Public Service Commission adopted a rate…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (449+ words) ALPENA " The Michigan Electric Cooperative Association (MECA) expresses concerns for rural co-op utility companies and their members, following the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) rejection of the State of Michigan's appeal for multiple federal disaster aid programs. These requests were…...

7+ mon, 6+ day ago  (553+ words) ALPENA " Alpena is selling up to $4. 1 million in bonds to help cover the cost of the new clear wells being installed at the water plant near Mich-e-ke-wis Park and cover the balance of the cost for a new aerial truck…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (506+ words) The creation of the Wildfire Recovery Compensation Program seems to suggest that the utility is prepared to acknowledge what several lawsuits claim: that its equipment sparked the conflagration in Altadena. "Even though the details of how the Eaton Fire started…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (215+ words) ROGERS CITY " Consumers Energy is alerting Rogers City residents that it will be interrupting power to about 2, 000 homes and businesses starting just after midnight for about five hours. The work is being done to make critical repairs to equipment in…...