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Dozens of Michigan municipalities are fighting a state order that lays out how large renewable energy projects could move forward, even if local governments reject them.

Trump announced Chris Wright, the CEO of oil and natural gas fracking services company Liberty Energy, as his pick for energy secretary.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will fast-track permits for building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes. The decision is stoking environmentalists’ fears that the project will escape scrutiny.

Ann Arbor's city council is working on what it calls a "Sustainable Energy Utility," which would operate as a clean-energy supplement to DTE's electricity.

Consumers had originally asked for permission to add a total of $278 million in additional charges to customers. The settlement brings that number down to $170 million. The average Consumers residential customer will see rates increase by 5.8%.

The opinion was written by Justice Clarence Thomas, who reversed the decision of the 5th Circuit. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito dissented.

The Michigan Public Service Commission reduced the utility company's requested rate hike by 88%.

Consumers Energy has sued more than 100 school districts, social service agencies, and townships in Tuscola County to claw back tax revenue in a dispute over the value of wind turbines.

Consumers Energy, a public utility company providing power to 6.7 million Michigan residents, has said it may keep its coal-reliant plants open, a possible reversal from previous plans to close them by 2025.

The Michigan Public Service Commission has a new process for renewable energy permit applications, to fit a new law that takes effect in November.