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Jan. 30, 2015   Contracted tree-trimming crews will remove trees and limbs near power lines throughout the Great Lakes Energy service area this year beginning in early 2015. The work is part of GLE’s annual vegetation management program to improve electric service reliability and safety. About $3.8 million will be invested in 2015 to re-clear […]

January 23, 2015   By working together, Great Lakes Energy members and the dedicated people who serve them can help protect each other from harm. Dangerous situations can involve impostors pretending to work for GLE, phone scams, lack of roadside safety awareness and physical threats against utility workers. “Our members are sometimes contacted by people

Jan. 15, 2015   Great Lakes Energy’s power provider, Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative, Inc., recently entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with a subsidiary of Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Americas Inc. for 114 megawatts (MW) of wind energy and associated renewable energy credits in the Thumb of Michigan. The wind power will be

Jan. 6, 2015 Great Lakes Energy, with the help of its members, continues its commitment to local communities through the People Fund. During 2014, the People Fund awarded $168,457 in grants to charitable and community organizations. The Great Lakes Energy People Fund is supported solely by Great Lakes Energy members who allow their electric cooperative

Jan. 2, 2014   Great Lakes Energy members will see a small increase in the Power Supply Cost Recovery (PSCR) charge on their bills starting this year. Effective Jan. 1, 2015, the PSCR factor for residential, seasonal and general service single phase members increased from 1.415 to 1.65 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh). An average residential