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Tag: clean energy

Members of Presque Isle Electric and Gas Co-op overwhelmingly trust Wolverine

By jenkuz, Section News
Posted on Sat Oct 31, 2009 at 06:19:22 PM EST
Tags: Michigan, coal, clean energy, jobs, power plant, environmentalists (all tags)

This is part of an ongoing story of a coal plant that is being proposed in Rogers City, Michigan.

I took time off of work to attend the PIE&G annual meeting yesterday. Karas was not let into the meeting because he is not a member of PIE&G Cooperative.

Some interesting things took place though in the two hour's time I allowed myself to be away from work.

First, I learned some things I did not know. Wolverine has spent 20 million dollars to date checking into the feasability of this project, and in the same amount of time, they have spent 700 million dollars buying power from downstate utilities as well as Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin.

Second, the reason we have a cooperative is because it is costly to provide energy to rural areas, in fact, because Detroit Edison and Consumers Energy and other big companies thought it too costly, local leaders had to find a solution on their own, and with strength in numbers, we are a co-op that is part of a larger family that serves 230,000 households and businesses.

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The Rogers City Coal Plant

By jenkuz, Section News
Posted on Thu Oct 29, 2009 at 07:08:27 AM EST
Tags: Michigan, coal, clean energy, jobs, power plant, environmentalism (all tags)

I have been following a story that has been ongoing here in Rogers City and have posted parts to the story on this blog. Starting with Part 1, I began chronologically detailing what has transpired so far in this small under-served town. Between the local and nation-wide environmentalists and the concerned citizenry, it has proved to be very entertaining, enlightening and dramatic.

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