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Nearly $15M in grant funding to improve Michigan's electrical grid

by Mid-Michigan NOW

Transmission lines are seen in south Lansing, Mich. on March 6, 2023. Most transmission lines and transformers around the country are aging, and are 25 years old or older, according to experts. (Aldair Zepeda/WWMT)

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