LANSING - Low-income households struggling to pay utility bills may be able to get assistance through an additional $22 million in Michigan Energy Assistance Program grants to eight of the organizations previously awarded funds for 2015, the Public Service Commission announced Monday. In mid-February, the Department of Human Services announced it would make available an
LANSING - The PSC on Monday also approved a settlement agreement authorizing Northern States Power Company to increase its electric rates by a net $720,000 effective for service rendered beginning with the next billing month or $2.90 for customers using 500 kilowatt-hours of electricity per month for the first 12 months. Thereafter, the monthly increase
FARMINGTON HILLS - The Work Truck Show 2015 Green Award was presented last week to Miller Electric Mfg. Co. of Appleton, WI, for the company's EnPak power system. Miller received the award at The Work Truck Show 2015. The Green Award recognizes the product at The Work Truck Show that best enhances work truck fuel
ROYAL OAK ? Vectorform, a design and technology company, has created a joint venture with DTE Energy to provide energy-efficient mobile platform that will let customers improve home energy consumption, and hopefully increase savings. The joint venture, to be called Powerley, was announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The partnership will combine Vectorform's
ANN ARBOR - The Michigan League of Conservation Voters gave Gov. Rick Snyder a ?C? for the second half of his first term in office, in a new study released Thursday. How Green is Your Governor? 2013-2014 Report Card offers a detailed analysis of the performance of Governor Snyder, his administration and the agencies he
LANSING - We Energies has asked the Midcontinent Independent System Operator to stop System Support Resource payments for the continued operation of the Presque Isle Power Plant in the Upper Peninsula, a move applauded by Governor Rick Snyder for saving customers potentially millions in charges. "We Energies and Cliffs are to be commended for reaching
SOUTHFIELD - The Engineering Society of Detroit has issued a call for mentors for its Engineering SMArT Michigan program now under way for its 2015 competition. Engineering SMArT Michigan is a rigorous program in hands-on science, mathematics, architecture and technology (SMArT), in which high school students design energy-efficient homes. Volunteer mentors are a critical element
DEARBORN - Ford Motor Company has recently teamed up with NextEnergy to launch a technology innovation challenge for industry suppliers to help advance state-of-the-art automotive lighting. Innovation drives every part of our business at Ford, and lighting is no different. The global design engineering team I lead is always challenged to find new and innovative
LANSING - Last year marked the first time an electric cooperative had a customer participate in electric choice despite Michigan having had the option of electric choice for 13 years, an annual report released by the Public Service Commission has found. But that doesn't mean no one is using the electric choice system. In fact,
MASON ? The Michigan Energy Fair returns in June to the Mason County Fairgrounds where Co-Chair Allan O?Shea said in an interview this week that more emphasis will be placed on waking up the state to what?s happening in alternative energy. This year, O?Shea said the Energy Fair has taken a different approach, dividing the