https://www.wcmu.org/tags/consumers-energy Consumers Energy en-US Copyright Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:40:05 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-12/consumers-energy-accuses-michigan-attorney-general-of-opposing-economic-growth Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking the Michigan Public Service Commission to reconsider a set of rules for large-scale Consumers Energy electricity customers, including data centers. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:40:05 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-12-12/consumers-energy-accuses-michigan-attorney-general-of-opposing-economic-growth Steve Carmody https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-11-19/trump-admin-issues-third-order-to-keep-west-michigan-coal-plant-operating-after-planned-retirement Consumers Energy planned to shut down the J.H. Campbell coal power plant on Lake Michigan in May. Successive orders from the Trump administration have required the company to keep it running. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 02:51:47 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-11-19/trump-admin-issues-third-order-to-keep-west-michigan-coal-plant-operating-after-planned-retirement Colin Jackson https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-10-28/as-data-center-boom-hits-michigan-utilities-hedge-against-a-bust 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. Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:44:23 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-10-28/as-data-center-boom-hits-michigan-utilities-hedge-against-a-bust Kelly House, Bridge Michigan https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-08-21/environmental-groups-protest-doe-decision-to-force-aging-coal-burning-power-plant-to-stay-open 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. Thu, 21 Aug 2025 21:19:33 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-08-21/environmental-groups-protest-doe-decision-to-force-aging-coal-burning-power-plant-to-stay-open Tracy Samilton https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-07-25/environmental-groups-take-trump-administration-to-court-over-order-to-keep-old-coal-plant-running 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. Fri, 25 Jul 2025 23:36:15 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-07-25/environmental-groups-take-trump-administration-to-court-over-order-to-keep-old-coal-plant-running Lester Graham https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-02-02/looking-to-buy-13-hydroelectric-dams-give-consumers-a-call Who wants to buy thirteen hydroelectric dams? That's exactly what Consumers Energy is trying to figure out. Fri, 02 Feb 2024 18:34:48 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-02-02/looking-to-buy-13-hydroelectric-dams-give-consumers-a-call Teresa Homsi https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-01-05/new-wind-farm-begins-operating-in-gratiot-county Heartland Farms Wind, made up of 72 wind turbines, will power approximately 80,000 households. Fri, 05 Jan 2024 22:55:47 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2024-01-05/new-wind-farm-begins-operating-in-gratiot-county Teresa Homsi https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-11-24/consumers-energy-weighs-future-of-its-hydroelectric-dams 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. Fri, 24 Nov 2023 20:30:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-11-24/consumers-energy-weighs-future-of-its-hydroelectric-dams Arjun Thakkar https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-08-10/consumers-considers-selling-13-dams-to-cut-costs-retain-reservoirs 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. Thu, 10 Aug 2023 21:09:00 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-08-10/consumers-considers-selling-13-dams-to-cut-costs-retain-reservoirs Teresa Homsi https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-07-05/consumers-energy-proposes-program-to-move-power-lines-underground A proposed program would move hundreds of miles of Michigan power lines underground in an effort to stop storms from causing power outages. Wed, 05 Jul 2023 21:31:57 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-07-05/consumers-energy-proposes-program-to-move-power-lines-underground Toussaint Fancher, Tracy Samilton