Consumers Energy officials said Monday the company is installing devices on the Michigan grid that would act like traffic cops with power to be able to isolate outages into a smaller area and keep the power on for more people.
Michigan Aggregates Association officials say it will be "impossible" for Michigan to meet the state's new clean energy standards if the permitting of aggregate mines isn’t shifted from local governments to the state.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer created tribal liaisons in an executive directive in 2019 and the Michigan Department of Transportation has kept the aligned board abreast of those activities since.
Michigan was awarded more than $1.5 billion in federal funding from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to get broadband to everyone in the state
