The deal, which still needs approval from state regulators, has pitted boating communities against anglers and ...

Federal incentives for safety upgrades may be paid out while Consumers Energy seeks to sell its 13 Michigan hydro dams to a ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wanted to use gigantic mechanical traps to haul baby fish downstream in tanker trucks. Reading time 4 minutes The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it could make ...

The Michigan DNR is working with the private owner of a hydroelectric plant to repair a turbine that is helping manage ...

LANSING, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) — Consumers Energy announced today that it has signed a purchase agreement to sell 13 hydroelectric dams along five Michigan rivers to Confluence Hydro for $1 each. The ...

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is expected to sign a multi-billion dollar settlement on Tuesday that will end years of negotiation between the city and local tribes. The $4 billion relicensing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ELKHART — Long-terms plans for two aging hydroelectric dams on the St. Joseph River are under consideration – plans that might ...

Consumer Energy Company is planning to sell 13 of their Michigan hydroelectric dams (100+ years old) that are no longer economical to operate: Au Sable River: 6 Dams Manistee River: 2 Dams Muskegon ...

Construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington began in 1933 and was completed in 1942. It is the largest hydropower producer in the U.S. and also part of the federal Columbia River Power System. ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Consumers Energy is selling its 13 hydroelectric dams to a Maryland-based energy investment firm. Consumers and Hull Street Energy, LLC, on Tuesday announced they had ...

As Consumers Energy considers exiting the hydropower business, its fleet of dams on Michigan rivers are in line for millions in federal incentives for upgrades to the aging facilities. The major ...

From the Rockies to the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada, mountainsides across the West are sparsely covered by the snow that ...