Finding Fun in Michigan
Another Power Outage in the Upper Thumb Yep…we didn’t have any power. Another Michigan Thumb power outage. We rolled into our cottage knowing that the power was already out. Not an uncommon occurrence in the Upper Thumb. However, the neighbors had a generator going and we played catch up on the neighborhood and listened to … Read more
In a statement on Friday March 13th. Michigan’s governor Snyder pressed for targets for renewable energy that will exceed Jennifer Granholm’s targets of 10% renewable energy within 10 years. Snyder’s goal is 30 to 40 percent renewable energy, coupled with waste elimination by 2025 .
Huron County Michigan County Commissioner John Nugent calls for a wind project moratorium to stop wind projects back in 2012.
Story from 2012 – DTE officials announced that it plans to suspend operations of the Michigan Coal Powered Plant at Harbor Beach as soon as August 2013. The Huron Daily Tribune in Bad Axe says the decision results from federal emission standards that take effect in 2015. Russ Pogats is the director of DTE Energy’s … Read more
