JACKSON—Consumers Energy, the Jackson-based electric and gas utility, announced agreements to add almost 400 megawatts of clean energy—enough to power nearly 190,000 homes—from three Michigan solar projects in southern central Michigan. The solar developments are part of the company’s Clean Energy Plan to dramatically increase renewable energy, eliminate coal as a fuel source for electricity
ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan is on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly following an agreement to buy renewable energy through DTE Energy that will result in about half of the purchased electricity for the Ann Arbor campus coming from Michigan-sourced renewable resources. UM has committed to purchase approximately 200,000 megawatt-hours of renewable energy
LANSING - Michigan should not run low on power this summer, the Agency for Energy said in its annual forecast. The agency said overall electric use should be down 2 percent compared to 2016, with residential use down 3.6 percent. But rates are up 2.5 percent, the report said. Natural gas use should also be
