Tag: Consumers Energy

Utilities help keep economies growing: These Top Utilities of 2023 provide energy and play a vital role in the site selection process.

With high-growth industries the focus, Business Facilities LiveXchange event looks at what’s next in site selection.

Consumers Energy is moving forward with a landmark energy transformation plan that will reshape Michigan’s future.

From municipally-owned power providers to expansive regional entities, these top utilities of 2021 did much more than provide energy.

Despite turbulence caused by labor and supply chain challenges, the manufacturing industry is experiencing a positive trajectory as it recovers from the pandemic.

Consumers Energy will be among first in nation to go coal-free and will lead Michigan's clean energy transformation.

Electricity demand in the commercial sector was down by 6 percent while the industrial sector saw a 6.9 percent reduction in 2020 due to the impact of the pandemic on the U.S. economy.

The baby food maker will expand its Fremont, MI manufacturing facility, creating 50 new jobs in the process. 

As Michigan’s businesses implement their return-to-work plans, Consumers Energy reaffirms its commitment to help small businesses, nonprofits and communities expand and prosper.

Consumers Energy President and CEO Patti Poppe and her husband are donating $1 million to help small businesses in her company’s hometown of Jackson, MI.

New electric generating capacity in 2020 will come primarily from wind and solar, with renewables making up 76 percent of the 42 gigawatts that will be added.

With its affordable cost of living, highly skilled workforce, culture of innovation and premier quality of life, businesses are turning to Michigan for new opportunities.

The U.S. manufacturing sector finally has regained the output levels lost during the Great Recession. But an exceptionally tight labor market might put a damper on the celebration.

Size counts, but when it comes to making our picks for forward-thinking utilities, so do smart grids, renewable energy and a seat at the table when economic development deals are negotiated.

With more than 40 projects to choose from in our 2018 Deal of the Year competition, our judges had to put in overtime to designate 10 worthy recipients of our Honorable Mentions.

Michigan’s economic development team is working with more than 100 inter-local and corporate partners to develop growth strategies.

Our Editor’s Choice selections for Top Utilities include the leaders who are upgrading their grids, diversifying their energy sources and doing what it takes to power economic development.

FCA will modernize its Warren Truck Assembly to produce Ram Heavy Duty trucks, relocating truck production from Mexico and adding 2,500 new jobs.

A Chinese auto parts maker joins Michigan businesses that have received over $7.5 million in Consumers Energy's new construction incentives.

An estimated 600 Michigan businesses each year will see the benefits of Consumers Energy's new, innovative approach.