NOVI - ITC Michigan, which owns and operates the high-voltage electricity grid in most of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, has once again lit up one of its 150-foot tall transmission towers in Novi with colorful holiday decorations. The transmission tower is decorated with approximately one-third mile of rope lights (17,700 bulbs). The display includes a 10-
NOVI—Charles L. Marshall has been named vice president of transmission planning by ITC Holdings Corp., the Novi-based owner of power transmission lines. He succeeds Thomas W. Vitez, who retired from ITC on May 1. At ITC, Marshall’s responsibilities have ranged from regulatory policy and stakeholder relations to project engineering and business unit planning. His experience and committee
NOVI - ITC will be conducting its semi-annual aerial patrols of high-voltage transmission towers and lines in southeast Michigan from September 18-20, including Ingrahm, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne Counties. The patrols are done in the spring and fall. The helicopter patrols are conducted to provide an overall status of the overhead
NOVI - Fortis Inc., Canada’s largest utility owner, has agreed to sell a 19.9 percent stake in ITC Holdings Corp. to Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte for $1.23 billion in cash, in a complicated transaction that allows Fortis to complete its $6.9 billion acquisition of the Michigan utility transmission company. The transaction, one of
