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As Sun Sets on Solar Work Group, State to Suggest Next Steps

Solar Work Group | June 4, 2014 | By Jim Dulzo

All the slide shows and presentations are handed in; advocates and opponents have made and rested their cases; and the state’s Solar Working Group has had its last meeting on the future of sun power in Michigan. Now it’s the Michigan Public Service Commis...

Introducing intern Rebecca Fisher

MLUI News | June 2, 2014 | By Rebecca Fisher

My name is Rebecca Fisher and I am going to be spending the summer here in Traverse City interning for the Michigan Land Use Institute. I’m originally from the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia, and I’m a rising sophomore at Haverford College, located ...

Green Elk Rapids Days

Environment | May 5, 2014 | By MLUI

Green Elk Rapids is a community based organization in Northern Michigan that aims to spread awareness of all things "green."...

Grand Traverse County adopts PACE resolution

PACE | May 1, 2014 | By MLUI

Grand Traverse County is now one of just seven counties and two cities in Michigan to adopt the local ordinance, known as Property Assessed Clean Energy. PACE allows local governments to place private business efficiency loans on local tax rolls, collect ...

DTE, Consumers Weigh In on Expanding Rooftop Solar

Solar | March 21, 2014 | By Jim Dulzo

Representatives of Michigan’s two largest utilities, DTE Energy and Consumers Energy, made their first presentation to the state’s solar work group, and expressed little enthusiasm for expanding the use of customer-generated, jobs-producing, clean solar e...

MLUI takes third place in national fundraising challenge

Pipeline, Enbridge | March 14, 2014 | By Hans Voss

Two weeks ago, MLUI was selected to participate in a fundraising challenge offered by Moosejaw and Patagonia through Crowdrise. We raised a total of $21,778 for our cause from more than 225 people! On behalf of everyone here at MLUI, I’d like to thank eac...

For What It’s Worth: Former Utility Exec Talks Value of Solar

Clean Energy, Solar | March 10, 2014 | By Jim Dulzo

Karl Rábago's crowning achievement, so far, is his success at Austin Energy, where he parlayed an obscure phrase—Value of Solar—into a guiding principal that helped the public electric utility’s customers “go solar,” big-time. Value of Solar shows in exac...

Enbridge’s Straits Pipeline Forum: More Questions than Answers

Pipeline, Enbridge | February 12, 2014 | By Jim Dulzo

Hundreds of people turned out last week to pepper local officials and employees of Enbridge, Inc. about the 60-year-old oil pipeline running under the Mackinac Straits. They wanted to know what's being done to prevent underwater leaks, and how a rupture w...

Gov. Snyder’s Missed Opportunity

Power to Change | January 17, 2014 | By Jim Dulzo

Clean energy advocates weren’t expecting a whole lot from Gov. Snyder on energy issues during his State of the State address. But we were at least hopeful, given the pre-speech scuttlebutt, that he would say something substantive and positive about them. ...

A Letter to Governor Rick Snyder

Power to Change | January 15, 2014 | By MLUI

MLUI and a number of community leaders in northern Michigan penned this letter to Gov. Rick Snyder to thank him for his work on energy over the past year and urge action in 2014 on a clean energy future for the state. ...

Gov. Snyder's State of the State Viewing and Letter

Clean Energy | January 9, 2014 | By Brian Beauchamp

Gov. Rick Snyder will be presenting his annual State of the State Address on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m. The three major topics he plans to focus on are mental health, seniors, and ENERGY! The speech offers us an opportunity, given our interest in havin...

TCSaves Renewal Reflects Efficiency’s Local, Statewide Success

Clean Energy, TCSaves, Efficiency First | December 12, 2013 | By Jim Dulzo

Sparked by strong initial success, Traverse City’s residential efficiency program, TCSaves, is again offering city residents a path to a more comfortable home that uses less energy. The communitywide effort, dormant since last spring, has a new goal, a ne...

Snyder Efficiency Report: There’s Room for More

Efficiency First | November 1, 2013 | By Jim Dulzo

The Snyder administration’s latest—and last—draft report on Michigan’s energy future says what it should: The state’s five-year-old energy efficiency mandate, known as Energy Optimization, is not only working well, there’s plenty of room for utilities to ...

Comment on Synder's Renewable Energy Report

Power to Change, Renewables | October 14, 2013 | By Jim Dulzo

There are lots of happy faces around our office since the Snyder administration released its draft report on renewable energy. Based on last winter’s energy forums, it says we can get to 30 percent renewable energy by 2035 without straining the power grid...

Tips for Commenting on Snyder's Renewables Report

Power to Change, Renewables | October 14, 2013 | By MLUI's Renewable Energy Partners

The governor’s report on renewable energy is open for public comment until Wednesday, October 16. Let’s make sure we dominate the comments section and show our strong support for increasing our use of renewable energy. Here are some tips for submitting a...

MLUI Report: The Power of Energy Efficiency

Efficiency First | September 30, 2013 | By Jim Dulzo

MLUI's special report, "The Power of Energy Efficiency," introduces some of the people already making Traverse City and northwest Michigan "efficiency-ready": homeowners, business people, contractors, officials, and experts with first-hand knowledge of ju...

Introduction: The Power of Energy Efficiency

The Power of Energy Efficiency | September 30, 2013 | By Jim Dulzo

Energy efficiency puts our contractors to work; boosts local retail sales; keeps more of residents’ hard-earned dollars in town; increases property values; makes the community more attractive; and by lowering overall energy demand, slows the rise of every...

Traverse City Can Be A Leader

Efficiency First | September 26, 2013 | By Jim Dulzo

TCSaves showed that a well done, public-private, residential energy efficiency program can reach many homeowners, make them more comfortable and lower their utility bills, produce good-paying jobs, keep more cash in the local economy, increase home values...

Lansing Turns Toward Clean Energy Debate

Power to Change | September 13, 2013 | By Jim Dulzo

Michigan’s clean energy entrepreneurs and advocates hope to hear some good news from Lansing about renewable energy next week.
That’s when the Michigan Public Service Commission and the Michigan Energy Office release the first of four draft-summaries of ...

Group offers new solar opportunity for homeowners

Power to Change | July 26, 2013 | By Zoë McAlear

Interest in alternative energy options is growing in the northwest corner of Lower Michigan and solar power, in particular, is gaining more recognition as an exciting opportunity for homeowners....

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