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

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.

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.

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

Consumers Energy says improvements in its tree-trimming program as well as use of technology enabled it to restore power within 24 hours to nearly all 90,000 people affected by a recent storm.

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.

Consumers Energy says it will need from 60,000 to 70,000 acres of land to achieve its planned rollout of 8,000 megawatts of electricity from solar by 2040.

Consumers Energy will supply renewable electricity to power GM plants in Flint, Burton, and Wyoming.

The Michigan Public Service Commission will be reviewing Consumers Energy's 15 year plan. Environmental justice advocates say they're happy the plan shuts down coal burning plants, but doesn't like the move to buy natural gas powered plants.

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