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Severe thunderstorms left more than 100,000 customers across Michigan without power, utilities reported Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Consumers Energy received approval on Friday, March 1, 2024, to ...
In 1968, Consumers Power began construction of a nuclear power plant in Midland, Michigan, primarily for the Dow Chemical Company. [10] However, construction issues caused delays and increased costs. The Three Mile Island accident in 1979 resulted in a massive change in nuclear regulatory requirements and system redesign. When it was revealed ...
Jackson-based Consumers Energy projects the company will power 1,500 new fast-charging stations for electric vehicles in Michigan by the end of 2030.
The Department of Energy said on Thursday it is accepting applications from states and territories for $8.5 billion in rebate programs for upgrades in U.S. homes that aim to lower energy bills and ...
CMS Energy's primary subsidiary, Consumers Energy, announced Michigan's first nuclear power plant in 1961, Big Rock Point in Charlevoix, Michigan. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The company announced another nuclear plant, Palisades Nuclear Generating Station on Lake Michigan, [ 17 ] [ 18 ] which first produced electricity in December, 1971 to serve 400,000 ...
Consumers Power, nearly bankrupted by the project, formed a holding company, CMS Energy for it to be a subsidiary of and eventually changed its name to Consumers Energy. Through the Michigan Public Service Commission, Michigan Attorney General Frank J. Kelley fought Consumers Power's Midland, Michigan nuclear power plant as it drowned in cost ...
Consumers Power also built a 1 MW community solar project at Western Michigan University, completed in August 2016. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Spartan Solar, a 1.2 MW installation in Cadillac , was built by Wolverine Power Cooperative in fall 2016, the largest solar plant in Northern Michigan. [ 37 ]
Under new energy laws, Michigan requires all power providers to achieve 50% renewable energy by 2030, 60% renewable energy by 2035, and 100% clean energy statewide by 2040.