Blog tagged as 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.

Palisades Nuclear Generating Station is on the path to decommission after the U.S. Department of Energy denied an application for federal funding, and the plant won't likely reopen without an influx from the state.

The planned Enbridge tunnel project under the Straits of Mackinac is years out from obtaining all the permits to start construction.

The Michigan Public Service Commission called the power distribution plans from five utility companies “insufficient,” the reliability of the electric grid inadequate” and current plans to fix the situation as not going far enough.