Blog categorized as Infrastructure

Let Me Dig This Internet Cable Underneath This Railroad Track . . . 

01/27/25 12:37 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Let Me Dig This Internet Cable Underneath This Railroad Track . . . 
The Michigan Supreme Court declined to opine on whether a telecommunications company needed permission from a railway company to install underground fiber optic internet cables below a railroad crossing.

Where Is The Electricity Coming From To Power EVs? 

01/24/25 01:01 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Where Is The Electricity Coming From To Power EVs? 
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) on Thursday put a process in place that requires the state's electrical utilities to address how they plan on dealing with the impact of a growing number of electric vehicles on the state's electric grid.

Infrastructure Disaster Relief Fund Moves 

12/04/24 01:50 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Infrastructure Disaster Relief Fund Moves 
Every year, $5 million would be set aside for an emergency infrastructure disaster relief fund under legislation that moved out of a House committee Tuesday

New $2 Water Affordability Program Flows Into Lame Duck 

12/03/24 02:40 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
New $2 Water Affordability Program Flows Into Lame Duck 
Proponents of a first-of-its-kind water affordability program in Michigan – funded by a $2 monthly charge on customers – are continuing their support in lame duck with a new version that keeps fee revenue in the region it came from.

Holtec Expects To Repower Palisades In One Year After Feds Chip In $2.8B

10/01/24 01:23 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Holtec Expects To Repower Palisades In One Year After Feds Chip In $2.8B
State and federal government representatives were at the site of the former Palisades Nuclear Plant Monday to announce a $1.52 billion Department of Energy (DOE) loan and a $1.3 billion federal grant to accomplish the historic task of restarting the first shuttered nuclear facility.