The Latest from Bill Malcolm

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  As energy picture changes, Midwest grid operator considers a longer outlook

  As more coal plants face retirement, the Midwest’s main grid operator wants to change its planning process to look further into the future.

  By Bill Malcolm  .  5 June 2013

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  Michigan, Indiana warm to the idea of expanding consumer utility choice

  A surplus of electric power in the Midwest, low wholesale power prices, and other factors are prompting at least two states in the Midwest to look again at the merits of letting retail customers pick their electric supplier.

  By Bill Malcolm  .  14 May 2013

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  In Michigan, utilities project flat summer peak demand

  The tepid economic recovery means at least one Michigan utility is seeing slow growth in summer peak demand, according to a recent filing with state regulators.

  By Bill Malcolm  .  19 April 2013

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  Indiana lawmakers advance plan to give utilities more power over rate increases

  A bill that would would allow Indiana utilities to pass along the costs of new transmission, distribution, and storage infrastructure investments directly to ratepayers – without filing a rate case before state regulators – is advancing through the state legislature.

  By Bill Malcolm  .  9 April 2013