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Can’t Pay The Winter Heating Bill? There’s Help Available
DETROIT (WWJ) – Do you need help paying your winter energy bill? Consumers Energy says customers who qualify can seek financial help even if they are on a payment plan. “We want our customers to know...
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Consumers Energy Says It Followed Rules In Shutting Off Service To Home Where...
LANSING (WWJ/AP) – A utility says it didn’t break any rules when it shut off natural gas service at a Detroit-area home where authorities say a man died of hypothermia and other causes. The Michigan...
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Equipment Failure Knocks Out Power To 3,400 In Kent County
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP (AP) — Power is out to nearly 3,400 Consumers Energy customers in western Michigan. The utility says an equipment failure in an electric substation knocked out some service about 2...
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State Wants Utilities To Discuss Potential Shutoff Changes After Man Froze To...
LANSING (WWJ/AP) – The state wants utilities to discuss potential changes to the way they handle service shutoffs after the death of a Detroit-area man. The Michigan Public Service Commission said...
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Consumers Energy Debuts Drone To Monitor Utility Lines
CEMENT CITY, Mich. (AP) – Consumers Energy has launched a drone to inspect utility poles and wind turbines in parts of Michigan. The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports the unmanned aerial vehicle can...
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Crews Work To Restore Power To Thousands Across Metro Detroit
DETROIT (WWJ) – Over 100,000 homes and businesses across Michigan lost power during weekend storms — with around 41,000 DTE Energy customers still in the dark late Monday afternoon. One of the hard-hit...
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Lightning Apparently Caused Gas Leak Near House Explosion
MONTROSE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) – A utility says a lightning strike apparently caused a gas leak across the street from where a house later exploded in Genesee County. Consumers Energy spokeswoman Debra...
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The Debate Over Michigan’s Electricity Deregulation: What You Need To Know
By David Eggert, Associated Press LANSING (AP) – Some of Michigan’s biggest companies and school districts are fighting bills that would alter rules that govern competition in a partially deregulated...
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Consumers Energy Electric Customers To See Rate Increase
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – The average residential customer of Consumers Energy will pay $1.28 a month more for electricity under a new rate increase. The Michigan Public Service Commission Thursday...
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Consumers Energy Gets Ready To Close Plant After 64 Years
LUNA PIER, Mich. (AP/WWJ) – Consumers Energy is getting ready to shut down a coal-fired southeastern Michigan power plant that’s been operating for 64 years. The utility hosted a media tour Thursday of...
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Consumers Energy Gets Ready To Close Plant After 64 Years
LUNA PIER, Mich. (AP) — Consumers Energy is getting ready to shut down a coal-fired southeastern Michigan power plant that’s been operating for 64 years. The utility hosted a media tour Thursday of the...
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Consumers Energy Customers Will See Cut In Natural Gas Bills
LANSING (AP) — Michigan regulators have authorized Consumers Energy to raise natural gas rates by $40 million annually, but customers should see a drop in their bill. The average residential customer’s...
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Appeals Court Won’t Stop Consumers Energy Smart Meters
JACKSON (AP) – The Michigan appeals court has upheld a 2013 decision by state regulators to allow Consumers Energy to roll out high-tech meters. The attorney general’s office had challenged the...
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Consumers Energy To Help Families Keep Lights, Heat On
JACKSON, Mich. (AP) – Consumers Energy is partnering with five nonprofits to make $12 million available to help Michigan residents keep their power on this winter. The Jackson-based utility says Monday...
View ArticleCarbon Monoxide Incidents Rise This Time Of Year, Officials Say
DETROIT (WWJ) — Carbon monoxide injuries are more common then people realize, and this time of year there is even more of a spike in these incidents. The number of carbon monoxide incidents rise at...
View ArticleScam Alert: Imposters Posing As Consumer Energy Employees
(CBS Detroit/WNEM) Consumers Energy is working with law enforcement after receiving reports that imposters are trying to coerce themselves into resident’s homes. The energy giant said they have...
View ArticleMichigan Approves Consumers Energy Electronic Vehicle Incentive Program
JACKSON (CBS Detroit/AP) — The state of Michigan has approved Consumer Energy’s electric vehicle charging program, PowerMIDrive. The three-year, $10 million pilot program supports the state’s growing...
View ArticleSome In Michigan Brace For Weekend Without Power Amid Cold
GRAND RAPIDS (CBS DETROIT/AP) — Consumers Energy says some of the tens of thousands of homes and businesses without power in Michigan following days of freezing rain and other wintry weather are...
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Michigan Matters: The Road to Mackinac and Celebrity College Admissions Scandal
Southfield (CBS Detroit) – With 1700 people heading to Mackinac Island for the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Policy Conference in a few weeks, Patti Poppe, Chairman of the 2019 annual conference, talked...
View ArticleConsumers Energy Asks To Lower Thermostat After Fire
RAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (CBS Detroit/ AP) – After a fire at a gas compressor station in Macomb County, Consumers Energy is asking customers to reduce their use of natural gas today. As a result of an...
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Cold Weather and Gas Shortages Close Auto Plants in Michigan
DETROIT (AP) – General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler all closed auto plants Thursday due to the natural gas shortage caused by a fire at a Consumers Energy Plant on Wednesday. Eighteen factories and...
View ArticleConsumers Energy OKs Regular Use of Heat at Midnight
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Michigan residents can stop the voluntary reduction of gas usage at midnight Thursday. Consumers Energy give the OK to return to regular use after midnight. The utility is still...
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Whitmer Looks For Answers After Last Weeks Natural Gas Crisis
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is asking the Michigan Public Service Commission to study the adequacy of the state’s energy supply and its ability to deliver natural gas, electricity, and...
View ArticleConsumers Energy: Set Thermostat To 78 Degrees As Hotter Temps Approach
(CBS DETROIT) – Consumers Energy is encouraging Michigan residents to set their thermostats to 78 degrees as hot weather approaches this week and the rest of the month. “Due to the high temperatures...
View ArticleCrews Continue Around-The-Clock Power Restoration After Storms Hit Michigan
DETROIT (CBS DETROIT/ AP) — Since severe storms over two days knocked out power for more than 800,000 Michigan homes and businesses, crews are continuing around-the-clock efforts to restore...
View ArticleHow To Get A Credit If Your Power Went Out In Michigan
MICHIGAN (the Patch)— Thousands across the state could be eligible for some financial relief on their upcoming utility bill. Weekend storms knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of Michiganders...
View ArticleConsumers Energy OK’d To Raise Natural Gas Rates By 7.6 Percent
LANSING, Mich. (CBS DETROIT/ AP) — Consumers Energy has been approved to increase natural gas rates by 7.6 percent. An average residential customer will pay an additional $5.48 a month, starting in...
View ArticleConsumers Energy To Buy Hillsdale County Wind Farm
LANSING, Mich. (CBS DETROIT/ AP) — Consumers Energy’s plan to buy a wind energy farm in Hillsdale County has been approved by Michigan regulators. The property is in Adams, Moscow and Wheatland...
View ArticleCoronavirus In Michigan: DTE, Consumers Energy Temporarily Suspend Electrical...
MICHIGAN (CBS DETROIT) – DTE Energy and Consumers Energy announced they are temporary suspending electricity and natural gas shut-offs for low-income customers. The companies announced the news Monday....
View ArticleConsumers Energy Announces Locations for Electric Vehicle Fast Charging...
(CBS DETROIT) – Consumers Energy announced that the first PowerMIDrive fast charging stations for electric vehicles are now operating in four Michigan communities, providing a powerful boost to drivers...
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Howell Man Dies In Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Accident
CBS Detroit – A construction worker died yesterday while working on the Saginaw Trail natural gas pipeline replacement in Highland Township. The 49-year-old Howell man was working for Snelson Pipeline....
View ArticleEnergy Partners Collaborate To Promote, Fill In-Demand Jobs During Careers In...
(CBS DETROIT) – The Michigan Energy Workforce Development Consortium (MEWDC), a coalition of energy companies and educators, announced today it will launch an outreach initiative that aims to heighten...
View ArticleEight New Solar Energy Sites Begin Operating In Genesee And Saginaw Counties
(CBS DETROIT) – Consumers Energy, Pine Gate Renewables and Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., announced five new solar energy projects in Genesee County and three in Saginaw County are now online...
View ArticleConsumers Energy Foundation Announces Grants To Nonprofits
JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — The Consumers Energy Foundation has announced more than $480,000 in grants to help Michigan nonprofits provide critical help to communities during the coronavirus pandemic. Since...
View ArticleTrack Power Outages In Michigan; Over 800K Michiganders Lost Power Due To Storms
(CBS DETROIT) – Storms on Aug. 11 and Aug. 12 have left many Michiganders without power and have Consumers Energy and DTE Energy crews working to restore power to over 800,000 customers. As of 1:00...
View ArticleAG Nessel Wants Higher Credits For Storm Victims
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Attorney General Dana Nessel is urging two of Michigan’s largest utility companies to increase the credits offered to customers who have suffered losses because of outages after...
View ArticleConsumers Energy Plans To Buy Power From Solar Farm Project
ONEKAMA, Mich. (AP) — Consumers Energy has reached an agreement to purchase electricity from a solar energy project planned for the site of a former golf course in northwestern Michigan. The...
View ArticleSome Schools Closed, Power Out In Michigan Storm’s Wake
MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — Classes were canceled in a western Michigan school district on Wednesday, Sept. 8, as crews worked to restore power and clear debris from a storm that swept across the state....
View ArticleConsumers Energy To Add 200 EV Charging Stations Across Michigan
JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — Consumers Energy plans to add 200 new electric vehicle charging stations — including 100 fast chargers — across Michigan by the end of the year. The Jackson-based utility said...
View ArticleMichigan, Consumers Energy Pledge To Power More Than 1,200 Government...
(CBS DETROIT) — The State of Michigan and Consumers Energy are pledging to power more than 1,200 publicly-owned government buildings with clean energy. Officials say Michigan made a 20-year agreement...
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