Drews Is New Midwest Safety Director
Rich Drews has been a Team Midwest fixture for 38 years, most recently in the role of line layout technician. But on Sept. 14 he started wearing a new hat as the safety and loss control director. “We added this new role in recognition of the increasing need for coordinated safety training for our employees, [...]
GLE People Fund Director Swims Mackinac Straits
Matt Soderquist (left in photo above), a director on Great Lakes Energy’s (GLE) People Fund Board, tackled the very first “Mighty Mac” swim across the Straits of Mackinac on Labor Day this year to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity. “The effort was a success,” GLE reports in its September Envision newsletter. Collectively, the elite [...]
Partners for Power Wearables Sale
Help the cause, and look good doing it! In November, several Michigan co-op employees will travel to Guatemala to bring electricity to remote villages. The work being done to electrify Guatemala is supported solely through voluntary donations of time, skills, money and materials. Show your support by purchasing Partners for Power clothing through our wearables campaign. All [...]
Cloverland Considers Becoming Member-regulated
Cloverland Electric Co-op members will make an important decision on Oct. 15 - whether to become member-regulated. “Your co-op’s board of directors consists of members whom you elect to set the policies that guide our operations. At present, decisions on rates and billing charges are not controlled by your elected board, but by the MPSC [...]
Great Lakes Launches ACRE For Co-op Owners Program
Great Lakes Energy (GLE) is now the fifth Michigan electric co-op to offer the ACRE Co-op Owners for Political Action® program to its members. Other co-ops that currently offer ACRE involvement are Cherryland, HomeWorks Tri-County, Thumb and Midwest Energy. “The ACRE Co-op Owners for Political Action program is an exciting opportunity for you to raise [...]
Cherryland’s Siepker Makes T.C. ‘Most Influential’ List
Frank Siepker Frank Siepker Jr., engineering and operations manager for Cherryland Electric Cooperative, was recently named to the “40Under40” list of most influential people in the Traverse City area. Each September, the Traverse City Business News spotlights 40 local professionals – all under the age of 40 – who shine in their professions [...]