utilities

A section of I-196 near Holland is shut down after a large sinkhole opened Tuesday night, Michigan's utility regulators say power bills could get cheaper if rates tart getting set for multiple ears at a time rather than annually, and more.

The proposals could run into trouble in the Republican-controlled Michigan House. Republican lawmakers blame the state’s clean energy requirements for high costs

The lawsuit asks the Supreme Court to rule by August 20

Monthly ridership on downtown Grand Rapids’ free shuttle service experienced a sharp drop in May after the city cut routes to save money, there’s a new challenge to the signatures for a petition to limit political donations from Michigan’s public utilities and large government contractors, and more.

Regulators are scrutinizing a hydro-electric deal involving 13 Michigan dams, five major rivers and a multi-million-dollar safety fund

Republican House leadership has already cast doubts on the package

Consumers Energy’s J.H. Campbell power plant was scheduled for retirement last year, but the federal government has filed five emergency orders keeping the Ottawa County coal fired plant running

Consumers Energy is ranked among the most “faith-friendly” workplaces in the nation by the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation

Grand Rapids Red Project is using millions in settlement money to help Michigan lead the nation in reducing overdose deaths, a ballot initiative to ban Michigan's public utilities and large government contractors from political giving dropped off signatures Wednesday, and more.

Supporters of MMOP argue public utilities have given money to lawmakers to buy political influence and avoid accountability