Co-ops Welcome EPA’s Extension of Climate Comment Period
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Sept. 16 that it will extend the public comment period for its proposed Clean Power Plan by 45 days (from Oct. 16 to Dec. 1). Released in June, the Plan aims to cut carbon pollution from existing power plants. “These proposed regulations are some of the most complex and [...]
Statewide Storms Strike Eight Co-op Service Areas
Nearly 500,000 Michigan homes and businesses were without power over Labor Day weekend as severe storms swept through mostly the Lower Peninsula, bringing heavy rain and damaging winds up to 70 mph. Electric co-op members were affected largely in the service areas of Presque Isle Electric & Gas Co-op (PIE&G), Great Lakes Energy, HomeWorks Tri-County, [...]
MECA Safety Team Holds Chainsaw Workshop
Over 35 participants in the Michigan Electric Cooperative Association (MECA) Safety partnership, including municipal utilities, attended a Chainsaw Safety Workshop on Sept. 3-4. Besides the hands-on cutting and felling of trees, participants learned chainsaw safety and maintenance, emergency first aid, and proper field dressings for injuries. The equipment workshop participants are required to wear is [...]
Regional Meetings: Co-ops Need Unity To Meet Challenges
Jo Ann Emmerson, CEO NRECA “Electric cooperatives should stand shoulder to shoulder to meet the challenge of government policies and technologies that threaten to disrupt their historic solidarity,” said CEO Jo Ann Emerson at the Regions 1 & 4 meeting of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), Sept. 3-5. Speaking to the [...]
MECA App Keeps Co-ops Connected
Have you downloaded the MECA mobile app? If not, you should check it out. So far more than 120 people have downloaded the app and it is getting positive feedback. “The member co-ops asked us to provide an electronic alternative to the annual paper directory,” says Doug Snitgen, MECA assistant general manager. “Transitioning to a [...]
GLE Seeking Assistant Director, Loss Control
GLE is seeking an Assistant Director, Loss Control, based from the south end of GLE service territory and functioning system-wide. The position is currently held by Ben Striegle, who is leaving GLE to pursue an opportunity with another utility. GLE is looking for a self-directed individual with good team skills and a positive work/life outlook [...]