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                        Fearful that ratepayers could be stuck with the bill if planned developments fail to materialize, Consumers Energy wants to lock developers into long-term contracts.
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                        The Department of Energy extended its 90-day order another 90 days to require Consumers Energy to keep an aging coal-burning power plant running, despite state's assessment it's not needed.
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                        Nine environmental groups are taking the Department of Energy to court to end its order to keep the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant open past Consumers Energy's planned closure date.
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                        Who wants to buy thirteen hydroelectric dams? That's exactly what Consumers Energy is trying to figure out.
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                        Heartland Farms Wind, made up of 72 wind turbines, will power approximately 80,000 households.
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                        The utility has 13 power plants along Michigan waterways. Consumers is evaluating how customers could be impacted if it decommissions or sells its hydroelectric dams.
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                        Consumers Energy says it may sell 13 hydroelectric dams across the state. The announcement follows more than a year of reckoning about the dams’ futures.
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                        A proposed program would move hundreds of miles of Michigan power lines underground in an effort to stop storms from causing power outages.
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                        Michigan’s largest utility companies faced questioning from state lawmakers today over recent widespread blackouts.
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                        The Jackson-based utility will stop burning coal 15 years faster than anticipated.