Blog tagged as Energy

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s hope to restart a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Van Buren County could happen, but it could cost way more than the $150 million lawmakers put into the budget Wednesday and it could take a long time.

Canadian-based Enbridge Energy will appeal a Wisconsin judge’s $5.15 million trespass ruling, which also calls for the company to remove its pipeline from an Indian tribe’s reservation within three years.

Democratic lawmakers and clean energy advocates are charged up to transition Michigan to renewable energy.

The Gov. Gretchen Whitmer administration is being asked to spend $300 million to cover the costs of reopening the Palisades nuclear power plant in Van Buren County's Covert Township, MIRS has learned.

It may be time to add the abbreviation "VMT" to your legislative vocabulary. In a host of other states, the Vehicle Miles Traveled tax is getting a better workout than in Michigan, where the Governor has only begun to consider alternatives to the aging gas tax.