Michigan Technology related politics
LANSING - While Michigan must continue working to ensure adequate electric resources beyond 2016, the Public Service Commission officially declared Thursday that the projected shortfall in 2016 is likely not as big as previously implied by a regional survey. "Michigan's focus on making sure there is an adequate reserve of capacity revealed that efforts have
LANSING - Norm Saari has been appointed by Governor Rick Snyderto the Public Service Commission and will no longer serve as the House Speaker Kevin Cotter's chief of staff, with Brock Swartzle taking over that post. "Norm has had a distinguished career in the utility industry as well as in public service, and he brings
LANSING - In a case dealing with whether an electric utility is eligible for a use tax exemption for industrial processing, a divided Supreme Court held that a utility is entitled to only a partial exemption. The majority in the 4-3 decision returned the case to the Court of Claims to develop a "reasonable formula
SOUTHFIELD - With one simple click, you can expose yourself to cyber criminals. While cybercrime is a threat to everyone, I'm especially concerned for those senior citizens who've been slower to adapt to technology. This group is more likely to fall prey to cyberbullying and be emotionally abused, harassed or threatened online. Embarrassed by their
LANSING - A blockbuster ballot proposal unveiled Thursday by a liberal group would raise the Corporate Income Tax from 6 to 11 percent and put the resulting $900 million in new revenue toward roads. The proposal is a voter-initiated act, so supporters will need to gather signatures from at least 252,523 registered voters to put
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission approved two settlements Thursday resulting in increases for natural gas customers of Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation and electricity customers of Upper Peninsula Power Company. Both are related to reconciling each respective company's 2014 energy optimization revenues and expenses, as well as to revise surcharges. Effective August 1, residential
WASHINGTON DC - Five Michigan Counties were lauded in the 2015 Digital Counties Survey for understanding the transformational value of technology and making the investments needed to improve services and efficiency across all facets of their organizations. The winners include: Population of 500,000 or more - Oakland County (3) Population of 250,000 to 499,999 -
LANSING - There was never any question that Governor Rick Snyder was going to sign a bill bringing to an end the state's program of awarding cash incentives to producers as a way of luring film and television productions to the state, but it still marked the definitive end point Friday when his office announced he had
LANSING - After more than three years of discussion and debate, the Department of Environmental Quality formally began the process Thursday of a rules change that would remove hundreds of chemicals from the list of toxics the DEQ automatically regulates in air emissions. Now at about 1,200, the number of regulated chemicals would drop to
LANSING - Through June, local school districts, local governments, universities and the state have gone to the financial markets to float more than $5.25 billion in bonds, a figure well more than twice as much governing units issued in bonds in the same time in 2014. Much of that increase is driven by local school