Yearly Archives: 2014

An all-night, three-system storm that began late on Monday, June 30, caused many Midwest Energy members to be without power. Significant damage occurred across the co-op’s entire southwest service area, with a total of 12,000 members without power, 253 outages, and 20 broken poles. “Our first crews were dispatched shortly after the first system hit at 10 p.m. Monday, and with the combined stellar [...]

Midwest Propane, a subsidiary of Midwest Energy Cooperative, has started transitioning its propane Will Call customers to a new Seasonal Fill program. The program is designed to create a better service experience and manage costs for all customers. Seasonal Fill includes one or two planned deliveries, depending on historic consumption. All tanks will be filled in August to prepare customers for the coming heating [...]

Great Lakes Energy wrapped its series of annual informational luncheons for its members in June. All the luncheons provided information on keeping electricity affordable, the reliability measures that GLE takes, what it means to be a GLE member, various products and services GLE offers, and its People Fund (Operation Round Up) program. A total of 367 members attended the luncheons held in all nine [...]

MECA is currently seeking a Communications Specialist to work collaboratively with the Director of Communications & Marketing on a range of communication programs and initiatives. He/she will serve as the editor for content used across a variety of communications channels, dedicating approximately 75 percent of efforts to Michigan Country Lines (MCL) magazine, and approximately 25 percent to electronic communications (websites, blogs, email campaigns, newsletters, and social [...]

About 54 people attended Alger Delta Cooperative’s annual meeting on June 18, where three directors were seated from district elections. In districts 5 (Gourley/LaBranche/Cornell) and 8 (Nahma/Isabella), incumbents David Anthony and Raymond Young, respectively, ran unopposed and were re-elected. Anthony is a former state legislator, works for the Hannahville Tribal Administration, and owns several small businesses. Young is a retired educator and sits on [...]

Incumbent directors Gerald Nettleton (DeTour Village) and  Virgil Monroe (Manistique) were re-elected, and new director John Sawruk (Sault Ste. Marie) was elected at Cloverland Electric Cooperative’s annual meeting on June 11.