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Consumers Energy Ordered To Pay $1M Fine After MPSC Investigates Faulty Meters, Estimated Billing, Delays In New Service Hookups

JACKSON - Consumers Energy agreed to pay a $1 million fine and take other steps to improve its performance after the Michigan Public Service Commission investigated complaints about malfunctioning electric meters, violations of rules on estimated billing, and significant delays in providing new electric and gas service. The Commission in October directed Consumers Energy to

By |2024-05-30T20:40:20-04:00May 30th, 2024|Clean Update, Government/Politics, Politics/Government|
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Former GM Chief Engineer Says Chinese EV Clarion Call To U.S. Auto Industry

DETROIT - Terry Woychowski, former chief engineer for several General Motors pickup truck models, says that the extremely affordable yet allegedly high-quality BYD Seagull EV from China is a “clarion call” to American automakers to make electric vehicles for the everyman, noting that “things will have to change in some radical ways in order to

By |2024-06-02T17:07:24-04:00May 30th, 2024|Auto Tech, ESD|
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Constructel Acquires Plymouth-Based Telecom Services Provider Verità

PLYMOUTH - Constructel Visabeira has acquired Plymouth-based telecom services provider Verità Telecommunications. Terms were not announced. Verità with 500 employees, is engaged in engineering, construction, and maintenance of both fixed and mobile telecommunication infrastructures. With operations primarily in the central United States, Verita has achieved double digit revenue growth since 2021. Verità’s current management team,

By |2024-05-30T20:40:21-04:00May 30th, 2024|News|
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New York Times Ad Calls Out “Election Denier” UAW President Shawn Fain

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Center for Union Facts, a pro-business non profit, ran an advertisement in the New York Times calling out UAW President Shawn Fain for being an “election denier” and refusing to accept the results of a unionization vote at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama. The UAW lost the election by nearly 600

By |2024-05-31T08:00:57-04:00May 30th, 2024|Featured, News|
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UAW’s Next Frontier: Mercedes-Benz in Alabama

ANN ARBOR -  The Center for Automotive Research (CAR), a leading independent non-profit organization focused on automotive research and analysis, today announced the release of a new white paper co-authored with Wayne State University, titled "UAW's Next Frontier: Mercedes-Benz in Alabama." This white paper examines the unionization vote at the Mercedes-Benz U.S. International (MBUSI) plant

By |2024-05-28T17:17:48-04:00May 27th, 2024|Featured, News|
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Game-Changing Research Unlocks New Wind Energy Potential

NEW YORK - When you consider today’s industrial wind turbine, you likely picture the windmill design, technically known as a horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT). But the very first wind turbines, which were developed in the Middle East around the 8th century for grinding grain, were vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWT), meaning they spun perpendicular to the wind, rather than

By |2024-05-26T10:42:51-04:00May 26th, 2024|Clean Update, Featured|
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Amazon’s High Desert-Based Solar Farm With AI Operational

SEATTLE - Amazon officials recently announced that its first solar farm-plus-battery energy storage project has become fully operational in the High Desert. Located in Baldy Mesa near Adelanto, the project is considered one of the largest DC-coupled solar plus storage facilities in California, the company in a press release on Tuesday. Assembled in rows across a westward

By |2024-05-26T10:42:52-04:00May 26th, 2024|Artificial Intelligence, Clean Update|
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Korean Researchers Develop Battery That Could Eliminate Major Issue With EVs

SOUTH KOREA - Korean researchers may have cracked the code to eliminate a major issue that makes some consumers hesitant to transition to the increasingly popular electric vehicles. As detailed by Techopedia, a team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, or KAIST, has developed a sodium-based battery that can charge in only seconds. If

By |2024-05-26T10:42:53-04:00May 26th, 2024|Featured, Science|
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Chinese Company Wins Court Ruling To Build EV Battery Plant In Michigan Despite Local Opposition

GREEN TOWNSHIP  — A judge has ordered a Michigan community to stop blocking efforts to bring a major electric vehicle battery business to a rural region. Gotion, a China-based manufacturer, was granted a preliminary injunction Friday after arguing that Mecosta County's Green Township has refused to stick to an agreement made by elected officials who were

By |2024-05-24T08:05:56-04:00May 22nd, 2024|Auto Tech|
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