LANSING - A group of businesses this week formed the Energy Choice Now Leadership Council to work with the governor and the Legislature on expanding choice. The new Leadership Council is largely businesses that were already part of the Energy Choice Now coalition, many of whose members have been working since it was enacted to
LANSING - As the Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday it would reduce the nation's renewable fuel target it first set back in 2007, ethanol corn growers and supporters of biodiesel expressed grave disappointment in seeing the agency "cave" to opponents. The EPA set an overall ceiling of 15.21 billion gallons for renewable fuels in 2014,
LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Thursday approved a slew of settlement agreements, including one authorizing Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation to increase natural gas rates by nearly $5 million across the board effective January 1, 2014. The Michigan Gas rate change would result in an increase of 96 cents on the monthly bill of
ARO ? Consumers Energy on Friday held the groundbreaking for its 105 megawatt Cross Winds Energy Park that will include 62 wind turbines when fully operational. Also participating in the ceremony was its contractors, Tuscola County-area landowners and local government officials. ?Renewable energy will continue to be a vital part of our Balanced Energy Initiative,
LANSING - Michigan would stand to lose jobs and money if the federal government eliminates the renewable fuel standard, officials said at a media event Monday. The state currently has five ethanol plants, and at least three of those would close if the current requirement for ethanol content in motor fuel was eliminated, said Bill
CHICAGO - GreenLancer.com, the Detroit-based startup that has assembled a team of solar energy engineering freelancers, won first place in a new competition at last week?s Solar Power International show in Chicago. GreenLancer won the Start-Up Alley Challenge, an event designed to let solar startups gain visibility and access to major industry figures. ?At so
PIGEON - DTE Energy's Echo Wind Park is closer to full operations. The first 13 wind turbines at DTE Energy?s Echo Wind Park have been commissioned, with the entire facility set to begin commercial operation by the end of November. The 70-turbine Echo Wind Park in Huron County will be operational by the end of
SOUTHGATE - Meadowlark Energy will partner with the Michigan Suburbs Alliance in the Green Anchors project to manage the construction portion of a pilot project in Southgate, Michigan, to rehab abandoned or foreclosed properties and make them as energy efficient as possible. The program involves an intensive rehab of several neighborhood homes to bring their
LANSING - The Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council filed comments with the state Public Service Commission Thursday that contend Michigan could generate 40 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2035. The comments came on the Draft Report on Renewable Energy prepared by Michigan Public Service Commission chairman John Quackenbush and Michigan Energy Office
ANN ARBOR - Meadowlark Builders will be conducting tours on Nov. 16-17 of a resource-efficient home under construction in Ann Arbor. Attendees will be able to see what makes up the core of a super energy-efficient home using a variety of the latest cutting-edge green design and building strategies mixed with tried-and-true construction methods. Advanced