DETROIT - DTE Energy is lowering electric rates by approximately 6.5 percent for its residential electric customers in 2014, due to lower fuel supply costs and on-going efforts to reduce the company's cost structure. The average residential electric customer will see an annual savings of about $80. Business customer rates will decline by 5.5 ?
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission on Thursday approved DTE Electric Company's amended renewable energy plan, reducing residential customers' monthly renewable energy surcharge by 85 percent effective January 2014. The new surcharge will be 43 cents per meter per month for residential customers, down from $3 per month, the commission said. UPPER PENINSULA POWER
LANSING - The latest State of the Great Lakes report, released Thursday, includes the kinds of data the state will be using to develop a new water strategy, Office of the Great Lakes Director Jon Allan said in the report. The 2013 report highlights such issues as water levels, the "blue economy" and invasive species.
LANSING - Manufacturers of energy-efficiency products in Michigan and Ohio will receive vital assistance in developing technology, designing prototypes, improving manufacturing processes and assessing opportunities in the burgeoning energy market through joint-funding from the U.S. Energy Department, plus the Michigan and Ohio Energy Offices. On Wednesday, the Michigan-Northeastern Ohio Regional Clean Energy Roadmap Project ?
JACKSON - Consumers Energy has selected 31 solar powered projects offered by businesses, homeowners and nonprofit groups across Michigan's Lower Peninsula to supply renewable energy to customers. The suppliers were chosen as part of the company's Experimental Advanced Renewable Program . The program provides for the long-term purchase of renewable energy generated by solar energy
AUBURN HILLS - Chrysler landed two of its green engines among Ward?s 10 Best Engines for 2014, WardsAuto.Com announced Thursday. Chrysler?s winners were the 3.0-liter EcoDiesel V-6 and the Fiat 500e battery-electric drive system. The 500e?s lively system is the lone representative of electric vehicle (EV) technology, while the refined EcoDiesel V-6 is the first
CADILLAC - Consumers Energy has been recognized for protecting endangered species and other wildlife at its 11 hydro generating facilities on the Au Sable, Manistee and Muskegon rivers by the Wildlife Habitat Council, which awarded the maximum three-year Wildlife at Work recertification to the company for its wildlife enhancement projects. Consumers Energy's Tippy Dam, which
LANSING - The Natural Resources Trust Fund Board has approved 76 projects for the coming fiscal year totaling $27.68 million. Of the total, 32 of the grants ($19.03 million) were for land acquisition and 44 grants ($8.64 million) were for development projects. Among the acquisition grants, the largest was $3.4 million to Detroit to purchase
DETROIT - From January 2011 through June 2013, 44 companies that NextEnergy supported secured $115 million in funding and created or retained 383 jobs, according to a new survey. As a result, those companies also commercialized 67 products, filed 443 patents, copyrights and trademarks and invested $89 million on plant and capital expansions. ?For more
LANSING - Michigan's electric and gas utilities are, in aggregate, surpassing the standards set forth in the state's energy law overhaul, PA 295 of 2008, the Public Service Commission and Michigan Energy Office concluded in their final report on energy efficiency sent to Governor Rick Snyder Tuesday. Energy Optimization programs have been cost-effective, costing less