Andy Balaskovitz is a contributing editor at Canary Media who compiles the Midwest Energy News newsletter. He is based in Michigan and has covered the state’s energy transition since 2014 for various publications, including the Energy News Network.
A Michigan-based transmission company is moving forward with plans to connect the PJM grid system in Pennsylvania and the Canadian energy market with a 73-mile line along the floor of Lake Erie.
As Michigan’s Upper Peninsula grapples with designing a long-term energy plan, some legislators and developers are seeking a renaissance of the region’s once-strong mining industry. Such a resurgence would provide economic benefits, and it would require more energy.