I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
For years Consumers Energy collected surcharges that were supposed to fund the decommissioning of Big Rock nuclear power plant in Charlevoix, but instead of setting the money aside for this purpose the company kept the money as general revenue. On Monday the Michigan Public Service Commission declared this practice improper, and gave the power company [...]
State environmental groups are urging Michigan House lawmakers to reject a Senate bill that would make it easier for electric utilities to develop coal plants.
A coalition of environmental groups is asking state and federal regulators to take a careful look at the potential wetlands impact of a coal-fired power plant planned by Consumers Energy along Saginaw Bay.
The Bay City Times reports on a new proposal submitted to the Michigan Public Service Commission by Consumers Energy to have customers pay them more for energy in order to encourage them to use less of it.
Consumers Energy and Wolverine Power have failed to demonstrate a need for the coal-fired power plants they propose to build in Bay City and Rogers City, the Michigan Public Service Commission said in a report issued Tuesday. Unless it retires some of its existing fleet of power plants, which is not an explicit part of it’s proposal, Consumers Energy won’t need any additional generating capacity until 2020 the Public Service Commission found.
A dozen environmental groups are asking the Michigan Public Service Commission to take a hard look at a analysis submitted by Wolverine Power Cooperative in support of its proposal to build a 600 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Rogers City. “Electricity co-op customers in the Western Upper Peninsula learned recently that they will be hit [...]
Michigan’s Attorney General Mike Cox announced on Monday that his office will intervene and try to prevent requests for rate increases by three utility companies from being passed by the Michigan Public Service Commission. The four requests by three companies — Detroit Edison, Consumers Energy and Michigan Consolidated Gas Company — are seeking to increase [...]
In the wake of the death of a Bay City residence who froze to death after having his power shut off, the Michigan Public Service Commission has sent a set of proposed rules to Gov. Granholm that would prevent such tragedies from occurring. Granholm requested that the MPSC draw up such rules for her approval [...]
In the wake of the death of a 93-year-old World War II veteran who froze in his home, Bay City has ordered the removal of all electric limiters in that city. Bay City Electric Light & Power removed approximately 60-70 such devices, which shut off power to customers who have had trouble paying their electric [...]
Representatives from Bay City are asking for a moratorium on utility shutoffs and a review by the Michigan Public Service Commission after a 93-year-old man was found frozen in his home on Jan.17. Local officials said that Marvin E. Schur of Bay City, a WWII vet, died a slow and painful death by freezing after [...]
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