Consumers Energy to bury 10 miles of power lines in 6 Michigan counties - MLive.com
Consumers Energy to bury 10 miles of power lines in 6 Michigan counties - mlive.com
JACKSON, MI – Consumers Energy is kicking off an expensive power grid reliability pilot project approved by state regulators.
The Michigan Public Service Commission signed off on a $3.7 million investment in efforts to place 10 miles of overhead electricity service lines underground in six counties. Circuits in Genesee, Livingston, Allegan, Ottawa, Montcalm, and Iosco counties that have frequent, lengthy outages in tree-dense areas will be targeted first.
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