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Power Struggles Shape Michigan’s Data Center Debate

Data Center Watch: Electricity costs, campaign finance lawsuits and local opposition put utilities and developers under scrutiny. Michigan’s data center debate is becoming a fight over more than electricity. This week, Attorney General Dana Nessel challenged another set of DTE Energy contracts, Michigan’s largest utilities sued over voter-approved campaign...

Michigan · 4d
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Fueling potential: LAUP continues to help youth, build careers, and support local small businesses

HOLLAND — Latin American United for Progress, or LAUP, is dedicated to celebrating Latino culture and equipping community members with resources to reach their potential. Formed by four grassroots organizations in 1975, LAUP worked to improve the community, leading to the formation of Community Action House, TRIO Upward Bound programs, and Children’s After School Achievement. These efforts increased the academic performance of Latino students and advocated for first-generation students in West Michigan.

Holland, MI · 3d
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Consumers Energy, Mackinac Center for Public Policy file lawsuits against Proposal 2

Michigan · 4d

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Consumers and DTE sue to block "Money out of Politics" proposal

Consumers Energy and DTE Energy filed a lawsuit in federal court on Thursday seeking a finding that Proposal 2, Money Out of Politics, is unconstitutional, and blocking it from taking effect.

Michigan · 4d

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A Michigan utility’s iffy plan to trap CO2 from its new gas plants

Can a utility commit to building massive gas plants and still achieve zero carbon emissions?. DTE Electric in southeast Michigan says yes, and it outlines how in a 20-year plan currently being considered by regulators. The key, the utility says, will be carbon capture and sequestration — collecting carbon dioxide emissions from two proposed gas-fired power plants and storing them underground.

Michigan · 6d

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Allison Allman Named One of MOTM Bold Women of Business

Allison Allman Named One of Moody on the Market’s Bold Women of Business. Kruggel Lawton CPAs is proud to announce that Allison Allman, CPA, has been selected as one of Moody on the Market’s Bold Women of Business. The Bold Women of Business award honors 20 women who...

Berrien County, MI · 7d

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Michigan regulators grant Consumers Energy final extension on 13-dam sale

LANSING, Mich. (WNEM) - The Michigan Public Service Commission approved Consumers Energy’s second request for a limited waiver of the statutory deadline, with conditions. The commission said this will be the final extension. The waiver is part of the utility’s effort to sell 13 of its hydroelectric dams to...

Michigan · 4d

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Want to Own a Piece of Pure Michigan? Castle Rock Is for Sale

The roadside attraction near the Mackinac Bridge has been a family-run business for nearly 100 years.

St Ignace, MI · 5d

Jackson Citizen Patriot

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3 companies planned over 660 Michigan layoffs in October

Trinity Health is eliminating over 500 technology positions as it moves to outsource its IT operations. Meanwhile, a bottled water company is cutting 86 jobs four months after acquiring a Michigan competitor. Below are three Michigan employers that announced plans to lay off 667 employees in October. The list is...

Michigan · 7d

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Jacobs wins project management role on $37B transmission program

Value: Undisclosed, part of AEP’s $37 billion investment. Engineering contractor Jacobs has secured a contract on a $37 billion transmission modernization program, according to an Oct. 29 news release. The Dallas-based firm will provide integrated program delivery services for American Electric Power’s transmission portfolio, according to the company. The...

Kentucky · 6d

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AI's massive energy demands could transform thousands of acres of Michigan farmland

One planned data center in Saline Township could require 1,383 megawatts of power around the clock.

Michigan · 5d

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Michigan voters worry rising farm costs could strain household budgets

LENAWEE CO. — A new poll finds 95% of Michigan voters surveyed are concerned that rising farm costs could strain their household budgets, according to Public News Service. Public Policy Polling conducted the survey for Progress Michigan. The survey highlighted concerns about the cost of diesel, fertilizer and equipment....

Michigan · 4d

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Farm financial stress continues as loan repayment rates decline

A policy advisor with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago says agricultural credit conditions in the 7th district are expected to soften heading into 2027. David Oppedahl says many farmers continue to face economic headwinds. “We’re still dealing with some of the repercussions of all the trade disputes,” he says....

Iowa · 5d

WNEM

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Consumers Energy, DTE Energy release statements following lawsuits over Proposal 2

Michigan · 4d

WLNS

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DTE, Consumers Energy sue to block Proposal 2 utility donation ban

Michigan's two largest utilities filed a federal lawsuit to block a voter-approved proposal that bans their political donations, arguing the measure violates First Amendment free speech rights.

Michigan · 4d

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Amid a blue wave, voters rebuke monopoly utilities

After years of rate hikes in Georgia and Michigan, midterm voters on Tuesday delivered a rebuke of investor-owned utilities by supporting regulators and ballot initiatives demanding more scrutiny of the industry. For the first time in two decades, Georgia’s five-member Public Service Commission flipped to Democratic control after candidates campaigned...

Michigan · 5d

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A Michigan data center contract sets a $2.26 billion exit fee if the tenant ever walks away, and state regulators built that number to shield other electric customers from the bill

Soybean rows once covered the ground where steel now rises in rural Washtenaw County. Transmission crews have spent months widening the lines feeding one unfinished building. Nothing about the site looks unusual from the road. But a single clause buried in the paperwork behind it carries more financial weight than...

Michigan · 8d

The News Advocate

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TerraVest Tanks celebrates milestone Oct. 28

TerraVest Tanks officially completed its 50,000th tank 10 years after manufacturing its first tank on Aug. 1, 2016.

Kaleva, MI · 6d

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A Michigan utility’s iffy plan to trap CO2 from its new gas plants

DTE proposes building two gas plants to meet growing demand, claiming carbon capture and sequestration will help it reach state climate goals. Can a utility commit to building massive gas plants and still achieve zero carbon emissions?. DTE Electric in southeast Michigan says yes, and it outlines how in a...

Michigan · 6d