Every year, northern Lower Michigan’s Rural Electric Cooperatives (Cherryland Electric, Cloverland Electric, Great Lakes Energy, and Presque Isle Electric & Gas), have board of director elections for two or three board positions. These races have low member...

With this article, we launch a series of interviews with people involved in expanding clean energy infrastructure in Michigan. The topic takes on added relevance these days as the federal administration works to slow or even halt renewable energy projects, while...

By February 26, 2026, nearly a year had passed since northern Lower Michigan’s great ice storm of 2025 brought an estimated $500 million in damages to communities and forests here. At Treetops Resort in Gaylord, operations were largely back to normal. The parking lot...

This piece first published in Bridge Michigan. Despite federal efforts to slow the clean energy transition, renewables are charging forward in Michigan, the Midwest, and the nation. Proof: The Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that renewables...

The artificial intelligence boom is no longer a sci-fi scenario of the future—it is unfolding now. And the impact on our communities is potentially very damaging. Creating the computer processing power for AI requires massive data centers that run around the clock and...