Feds move to strip license from troubled Michigan hydro dam

Feds move to strip license from troubled Michigan hydro dam
Great Lakes Commission
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is taking steps to terminate Michigan’s Au Train Dam’s operating license following years of unresolved safety violations. The move marks the most serious enforcement action […]
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is taking steps to terminate Michigan’s Au Train Dam’s operating license following years of unresolved safety violations. The move marks the most serious enforcement action […]
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Feds move to strip license from troubled Michigan hydro dam

DNR takes rare step, intervenes in Consumers Energy dam sale proposal

DNR takes rare step, intervenes in Consumers Energy dam sale proposal
Great Lakes Commission
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has intervened in Consumers Energy’s plan to sell its suite of 13 hydroelectric dams to a Maryland private equity firm. It’s the first time […]
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has intervened in Consumers Energy’s plan to sell its suite of 13 hydroelectric dams to a Maryland private equity firm. It’s the first time […]
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DNR takes rare step, intervenes in Consumers Energy dam sale proposal

Watch lake sturgeon ride an elevator at an Upper Peninsula hydroelectric dam

Watch lake sturgeon ride an elevator at an Upper Peninsula hydroelectric dam
Great Lakes Commission
Fisheries experts began using a fish elevator at the Menominee Dam in Wisconsin in 2015 to help bolster the Great Lakes sturgeon population. Researchers work together each spring and fall […]
Fisheries experts began using a fish elevator at the Menominee Dam in Wisconsin in 2015 to help bolster the Great Lakes sturgeon population. Researchers work together each spring and fall […]
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Watch lake sturgeon ride an elevator at an Upper Peninsula hydroelectric dam

A century-old reservoir anchors a local economy. Its future is on the line

A century-old reservoir anchors a local economy. Its future is on the line
Great Lakes Commission
Anxiety about a massive reservoir’s future has settled over businesses, marinas, homeowners and local governments along the Muskegon River as the Michigan Public Service Commission weighs whether to approve Consumers […]
Anxiety about a massive reservoir’s future has settled over businesses, marinas, homeowners and local governments along the Muskegon River as the Michigan Public Service Commission weighs whether to approve Consumers […]
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A century-old reservoir anchors a local economy. Its future is on the line

Michigan DNR probes why 27 lake sturgeon got trapped

Michigan DNR probes why 27 lake sturgeon got trapped
Great Lakes Echo
By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is embarking on a three-year project to understand why nearly 30 threatened lake sturgeon became trapped last summer near the Ontonagon River in the Upper Peninsula.
By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is embarking on a three-year project to understand why nearly 30 threatened lake sturgeon became trapped last summer near the Ontonagon River in the Upper Peninsula.
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Michigan DNR probes why 27 lake sturgeon got trapped

MPSC sets December deadline for Consumers Energy dam sales

MPSC sets December deadline for Consumers Energy dam sales
Great Lakes Commission
Michigan regulators granted Consumers Energy a final extension to negotiate the proposed sale of 13 hydroelectric dams. A settlement is due December 9, with a final regulatory decision potentially following […]
Michigan regulators granted Consumers Energy a final extension to negotiate the proposed sale of 13 hydroelectric dams. A settlement is due December 9, with a final regulatory decision potentially following […]
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MPSC sets December deadline for Consumers Energy dam sales
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