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Thu, 2012-03-01 21:52 — mdmcdonald
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FACT SHEET: Obama Administration Announces Federal and Private Sector Actions on Scaling Renewable Energy and Storage with Smart Markets

Sat, 2016-06-18 09:37 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Gordian Raacke

CLICK HERE - White House Council of Economic Advisors - Incorporating Renewables into the Grid: Expanding Opportunities for Smart Markets and Energy Storage (40 page .PDF report)

whitehouse.gov - June 16, 2016

. . The Administration is announcing new executive actions and 33 state and private sector commitments that will accelerate the grid integration of renewable energy and storage.  Together, these announcements are expected to result in at least 1.3 gigawatts of additional storage procurement or deployment in the next five years. .

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For Every Dollar Michigan Spends on Energy-Saving Programs, Customers Save 3.75

Sun, 2014-11-30 20:55 — Maeryn Obley

The Presque Isle Power Plant near Marquette, Michigan. (photo: Superior Watershed Partnership)

Image: The Presque Isle Power Plant near Marquette, Michigan. (photo: Superior Watershed Partnership)

readersupportednews.org - November 29th, 2014

Michigan regulators say residential and business customers are benefiting from a state law that requires utilities to implement energy-efficiency programs.

The state Public Service Commission this week issued a report showing that "energy optimization" savings in 2013 were over target. The targets were established under a 2008 rewrite of Michigan's energy law.

PSC Chairman John Quackenbush says for every dollar spent on energy efficiency programs, customers see $3.75 in savings. Statewide funding for such programs was $253 million in 2013, which regulators say will result in $948 million in savings over the lifetime of measures installed.

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Renewable Energy Group Forms To Boost Wind Power Industry In Michigan

Tue, 2013-06-18 18:18 — Kathy Gilbeaux

 

detroit.cbslocal.com - by Matt Roush - May 6, 2013

CHICAGO — At Monday’s American Wind Energy Association conference in Chicago, leaders of the newly-formed Michigan Energy and Technology Center (METC) announced their multi-faceted plan to generate economic activity in the Great Lakes State.

METC is a consortium comprised of officials from Michigan State University, the Grand Rapids sustainable energy construction firm Rockford Berge, Consumers Energy and other Michigan-based clean technology and services companies. Their mission is to accelerate the global market growth for clean technology and services.

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Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down After Water Leaks Into Lake Michigan

Tue, 2013-05-07 22:27 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert Township, Michigan.  Alamy

huffingtonpost.com - May 6, 2013

Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in southwestern Michigan was taken offline Sunday after operators discovered a leak from a water tank. . .

NRC officials estimate "79 gallons of 'slightly' radioactive water" flowed into Lake Michigan over the weekend, explained Michigan Radio. Officials reportedly don't know exactly how radioactive the leaked water was.

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Get a Local Clean Energy Future by Trading-in the 20th Century Electric Grid

Thu, 2012-03-01 22:05 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Janine Rees

      

Stream Gaging Station by Beige Alert, on Flickr

by John Farrell - energyselfreliantstates.org - February 27, 2012

In a New York Times SundayReview piece last week – Drawing the Line at Power Lines – Elisabeth Rosenthal suggested that our desire for clean energy will require significant tradeoffs . . .

I disagree.

The future of American electricity policy is not about tradeoffs, but rather a chance to trade-in an obsolete, centralized paradigm for a local, clean energy future.

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