Consumers Energy

Who wants to buy thirteen hydroelectric dams? That's exactly what Consumers Energy is trying to figure out.

Heartland Farms Wind, made up of 72 wind turbines, will power approximately 80,000 households.

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.

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.

A proposed program would move hundreds of miles of Michigan power lines underground in an effort to stop storms from causing power outages.

Michigan’s largest utility companies faced questioning from state lawmakers today over recent widespread blackouts.

The Jackson-based utility will stop burning coal 15 years faster than anticipated.

Severe thunderstorms with high winds tonight could give way to another weather hazard in mid-Michigan later this week.

Consumers Energy is proposing a nearly $300 million investment to modernize its power grid and support clean energy projects.

The Michigan Public Service Commission is looking over a 15 year plan from Consumers Energy known as an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). An advocacy group wants that plan to include a faster switch to renewable energy.