2026 Symposium Recap The 2026 Symposium, held April 8 and 9 in Grand Rapids, brought together cooperative leaders from across Michigan for two days of shared learning, connection, and conversation about the issues shaping the future of the electric cooperative industry. Throughout the event, the value of co-ops learning with and from one another was clear. This year’s program [...]
March 18, 2026 Storm Recovery: Power Restored What a difference a few days makes. At the peak of this storm, outages across Michigan’s electric cooperatives climbed to nearly 14,500 as heavy ice, high winds, and record-breaking snowfall in the Upper Peninsula created challenging conditions across the state. Today, we’re down to just a handful of remaining outages. The graph below tells [...]
Cloverland Electric Cooperative in the Upper Peninsula joins Michigan Electric Cooperative Association All of Michigan’s electric cooperatives, serving more than half of the state’s 83 counties, now unified under MECA LANSING, Mich. — Cloverland Electric Cooperative has officially joined the Michigan Electric Cooperative Association (MECA), bringing all of Michigan’s member-owned electric cooperatives together under a single statewide association. With Cloverland’s membership, every [...]
A powerful winter storm brought heavy snow, ice, and high winds across Michigan during the holiday week, impacting every Michigan cooperative service territory and causing widespread power outages. At the peak of the storm on Monday, Dec. 29, co-ops reported approximately 33,000 members without power statewide. The Michigan Electric Cooperative Association and its member cooperatives mobilized local lineworkers, contractors, and mutual aid crews [...]
