CMS Energy net income rises despite revenue decline
JACKSON—CMS Energy, the Jackson-based utility holding company, reported net income of $243 million or 85 cents a share in the first quarter of 2020, up from $213 million or 75 …
Colleges vying for energy efficiency crown in DTE, ESD competition
SOUTHFIELD—Teams of students and faculty from seven Michigan colleges and universities are putting their creative engineering minds together to develop energy-efficient, waste-reducing programs on their campuses. Seven teams have been …
Consumers Energy CEO to keynote renewable energy conference
LANSING—Patti Poppe, president and CEO of Jackson-based CMS Energy Co., will serve as keynote speaker of the Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council’s Eighth Annual Energy Innovators Conference April 22 at …
Consumers Energy taps San Francisco firm for residential battery storage pilot
JACKSON—Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest energy provider, announced a collaboration with Sunverge, a San Francisco, Calif.-based provider of rooftop solar and home energy management systems, for a Consumers Energy residential battery …
DTE to buy Isabella County wind farms
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Apex Clean Energy today announced that its proposed sale of the Isabella Wind I and II projects to the Detroit-based utility holding company DTE Energy, has been …
DTE gets state grant for electric school buses in Ann Arbor, Roseville
DETROIT—Students in the Ann Arbor and Roseville public school districts will soon ride some of the first zero-emission electric school buses in Michigan, funded by $1.5 million in grants secured …
New battery locker system from Redford power management firm
REDFORD TWP.—Alpine Power Systems Inc. announced the introduction of its PowerMax Power Cabinet, a safe, lockable enclosure for battery systems up to 135 volts DC. Designed for indoor use, the …
Customer satisfaction with utilities dips, ACSI says
ANN ARBOR—Following a slight bump in 2018, residential customer satisfaction in the energy utilities sector has taken an about-face one year later, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) …
Moy named executive director of Michigan Infrastructure Council
LANSING – Acting Deputy State Treasurer Anne Wohlfert today announced that Jessica Moy has been named executive director of the Michigan Infrastructure Council. Moy will be coordinating the efforts of …
GE, Clarke Energy to provide 7.7-MW gas plant to Sebewaing Light & Water
SEBEWAING — General Electric’s Distributed Power business and Waukesha, Wis.-based Clarke Energy USA Inc. announced they would supply a turnkey 7.7-megawatt combined heat and power plant to Sebewaing Light & …