DETROIT - Detroit Edison has been authorized by the Michigan Public Service Commission to partially reimburse customers for installing solar Photovoltaic systems, up to $25 million in total. Not only can customers receive a payment upon installation, but they also will receive a monthly credit on their energy bills for the next 20 years. This
NOVI - ITC Holdings Corp. continues to gain traction for its Green Power Express transmission project by announced Wednesday that it has signed an expression of interest to collaborate by tapping the wind energy farms operated by NorthWestern Energy. The NorthWestern partnership is one of several ITC anticipates signing in support of the 3,000 mile,
LANSING - Utility customer choice advocates have been relatively quiet since the passage of the restructuring laws that capped that choice, but the debate appears to be rekindling since Consumers Energy announced that it had reached the cap. Consumers notified alternative energy suppliers in its territory and the Public Service Commission on Friday that it
DETROIT - The Detroit Edison Co., trying to meet state renewable energy requirements, is looking for proposals from providers of renewable energy. On Tuesday, Edison issued two requests for proposals. The first RFP seeks potential partners for the development of one or more Michigan-based wind farms that can produce up to 75 megawatts of new
FLINT - Kettering University will get a new electronics lab and will partner with the University of Michigan on new courses as its share in the $1 billion coming to Michigan from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Kettering will receive about $500,000 of a $2.5 million grant from federal stimulus money to develop courses
MANISTEE - Alan O'Shea, one of the founders of the Michigan Energy Fair, talks about how the fourth annual event went and how his company, Contractors Building Supply, can't keep up with demand for its energy efficient windows, doors and the like, plus alternative energy power generating systems. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
JACKSON - Consumers Energy launched this week an energy efficiency program designed to help residential customers save energy and save money. Consumers Energy Saving Solutions offers a wide range of incentives to help customers reduce their utility bills by using energy more efficiently. Those incentives include discounts on compact fluorescent light bulbs at participating retailers
ROCHESTER - Join EcoTuesday on July 28 to hear Jeff Kart, an environmental journalist, blogger, and social media evangalist, who writes primarily for the Bay City Times of MLive, and the Mudpuppy blog, which covers environmental issues in the Saginaw Bay watershed. Kart will explore how funding can be used to conserve and protect the
PHILADELPHIA - Given the unprecedented time required to invest in green technology and the job loss states face, government can and is playing a leading role in enhancing green collar jobs, speakers at the National Conference of State Legislatures said on Monday. Even before the federal stimulus, states took a leading role in promoting green
DETROIT ARSENAL - U.S. Army engineers and industry partners converged on Sterling Heights July 7-8, to discuss solutions for powering the Army�??s future force, including alternative fuels and energy. The two-day Power and Energy Innovation Workshop was sponsored by the National Defense Industrial Association Michigan Chapter and U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering