State regulators approved a more than 4 percent rate hike for Indiana Michigan Power Company customers while also expressing disapproval over a proposal contained within the rate case filing in which the utility sought employee incentive compensation to be tied to the company's financial performance.
A group seeking to put a repeal of the state law moving siting of large-scale renewable energy projects to the Public Service Commission will not make it onto the November ballot and instead will focus on making the ballot in 2026.
The Public Service Commission announced Wednesday its June 6 meeting will be held in Grand Rapids, which will be its second regular commission meeting to be held outside of Lansing.
A panel of state agency leaders moderated by Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy Director Phil Roos discussed the implementation of Michigan's climate policy goals at the MI Healthy Climate Conference on Thursday.
The Senate Energy and Environment Committee heard testimony Thursday on a proposal to allow the Public Service Commission to levy administrative fines against pipeline operators that violate state gas safety standards which align with federal penalties.
Significant work will need to go into the Public Service Commission 's implementation of a recently passed state renewable energy mandate and to create a process to take on the siting of renewable energy projects, the panel's chair said in an interview this month.
DELTA TOWNSHIP – Enbridge Energy took a critical step toward building the proposed Line 5 tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac and relocating its aging pipeline, with the Public Service Commission approving its application on Friday for the controversial project.
The Democratic-controlled Legislature completed its work on one of its top fall priorities Wednesday, giving final passage to bills that would quadruple the state's renewable energy mandate, create a new clean energy standard and move siting decisions for large-scale solar and wind projects to the Public Service Commission .
Legislation that would move siting for large solar and wind projects to the Public Service Commission drew one step closer Tuesday to being passed into law after a Senate panel reported the bills.
Environmental groups voiced support Wednesday for updated versions of legislation that would require the state to move toward a 100 percent carbon-free energy standard while business, manufacturing and utility officials voiced concerns over reliability and ratepayer costs.