Under CEO Patti Poppe’s leadership, Consumers Energy committed to a zero-coal system by 2040, propelling her and her company to the forefront of global warming leadership. We check in with Poppe for insight.
National Rooftop Solar Foe to Address Work Group
The SWG holds its last information-gathering meeting May 20 before the state issues a draft report in June that could recommend new ways to develop more customer-owned, rooftop solar power in Michigan. The meeting might be contentious: It features a presentation by the Edison Electric Institute, a national utility trade group that sees rooftop solar as an existential threat to their clients’ monopolies, and helps lead a multi-state attack on the technology.
As Coal Power Fades, Consumers Eyes Big, New Gas Plant
State utility regulators are considering a historic case that could help determine how much clean energy Michigan’s second-largest electric utility develops over the next 25 years.