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Help Us Extend The Geothermal Tax Credit

2016-11-17T16:47:36-05:00July 15th, 2016|MECA News|

When new energy regulations were passed, an important and potentially influential renewable energy source was overlooked - geothermal. Geothermal heating and cooling systems (which bring in heat from the ground or conduct it back into the earth) currently have a tax credit, which allows more businesses and homeowners to purchase them. Why should more home and business owners install geothermal systems? Electric capacity – [...]

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500 Members Attend Thumb’s Annual Meeting

2016-11-17T16:47:36-05:00June 17th, 2016|MECA News|

Thumb Electric Cooperative (TEC), held its 79th Annual Meeting and Member Appreciation Day on June 11. About 500 people attended, which was highlighted by the election of three directors and entertainment activities. Re-elected were Randall Dhyse (Huron County), Louis Wenzlaff (Tuscola County), and Kim Nunn (Sanilac County). Officers re-elected are Louis Wenzlaff, president; Donald Wolschleger, vice-president; Beth McDonald, secretary; and Randall Dhyse, treasurer. General [...]

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Team Midwest employees change the landscape in day of service

2016-06-22T12:02:27-04:00June 17th, 2016|MECA News|

Mother Nature tried to foil Team Midwest with threats of storms, but in the end Team Midwest took Cassopolis by storm in this week’s Changing the Landscape Day of Service. On Wednesday, the entire southwest Michigan family of Midwest Energy Cooperative, Midwest Propane and Midwest Connections employees came together in an unprecedented day of community service across Cassopolis and surrounding communities. Nearly 90 employees [...]

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MI Co-op Kitchen – Serving up Community

2016-06-23T11:12:27-04:00June 13th, 2016|MECA News|

Everybody loves food. It nourishes, delights and unites us. Perhaps that’s why the members’ recipe feature in Michigan Country Lines has been a favorite for decades. “To build on that strength we launched MI Co-op Kitchen- an interactive digital cooking community exclusively for Michigan co-op members,” explains Casey Clark, director of communications and marketing at MECA. MI Co-op Kitchen launched on May 7, 2016 [...]

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MECA Exploring Future of Joint Apprenticeship and Training Program

2016-05-26T11:36:14-04:00May 26th, 2016|Uncategorized|

The Michigan Electric Cooperative Association (MECA) and Great Lakes Energy Cooperative have launched a special project to explore options for the future of the Great Lakes Energy Joint Apprenticeship and Training Program. “Great Lakes Energy has been providing quality instruction and leadership in our apprenticeship lineman program for more than two decades,” said Craig Borr, MECA CEO. “However, because of the resources necessary to [...]

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Michigan’s ACRE Contributions Continue To Grow

2016-11-17T16:47:36-05:00April 21st, 2016|Uncategorized|

The Action Committee for Rural Electrification (ACRE) is a political action committee for electric cooperative member-consumers who support safe, reliable, affordable energy. Together, we advocate for responsible energy policies in Washington, D.C. and Lansing. “I don’t need to explain the legislative challenges our program faces in the future,” says Tony Anderson, Cherryland Electric Cooperative CEO and Michigan’s NRECA Director. “We have a history of [...]

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Michigan Puts Clean Power Plan Compliance Efforts On Hold

2016-11-17T16:47:36-05:00February 25th, 2016|MECA News|

Michigan has put its efforts to comply with new federal carbon rules on hold until the courts decide the future of the Clean Power Plan (CPP). Under the CPP, Michigan is required to cut emissions by 31 percent by 2030. Before the U.S. Supreme Court called “time out” on the CPP, Michigan was required to submit a plan to the EPA detailing how it [...]

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Supreme Court Calls ‘Time Out’ on Clean Power Plan

2016-02-11T14:09:44-05:00February 11th, 2016|MECA News|

A stunning decision by the U.S. Supreme Court called ‘time out’ on the enforcement of the Clean Power Plan (CPP) until legal challenges are resolved. The main question that must be answered is whether the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) even has the legal authority to impose these regulatory requirements on existing power plants under Section 111(d) in the first place. Last August the EPA [...]

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Michigan Develops Strategy to Comply with EPA’s Clean Power Plan

2016-02-08T11:12:56-05:00February 8th, 2016|MECA News|

Unlike other states, there is no question as to whether or not Michigan will attempt to meet the Clean Power Plan’s aggressive targets for carbon dioxide emissions reductions from power plants. We will. The question the state is currently wrestling with is, “How will we do it?” The Timeline By September 2016 Michigan must show that we are on a path to developing a [...]

Midwest Employees Give Back

2016-11-17T16:47:36-05:00February 3rd, 2016|MECA News|

Commitment to community is more than a corporate value at Team Midwest; it’s a way of life for the family of employees. In January, employees presented checks of $5,347.20 each to Ronald McDonald House Charities and the Wounded Warrior Project through the Midwest Employees Give Back (MEGB) Program. An additional $7,900 was donated over the course of 2015 to organizations and individuals through employee-sponsored [...]

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