People did it somehow. 17 World Port Source, Michigan Port Index, Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority, Port Commerce, Port of Bay City, Port Commerce, Holland Harbor, Port Commerce, Manistee Harbor, Port Commerce, Wyandotte Harbor, Port Commerce, accessed May 18, 2021. Michigan natural gas services and programs Michigan customers: Beginning Jan. 1, 2017, Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp. (UMERC) became the energy provider for WPS's Michigan customers. So this would have the climate cost of building the railroad and the ongoing CO2 cost of running the rail line. electric, steam and natural gas utilities ) Case No. Needless to say, it is over my pay grade to assess the remote but clearly disastrous possibility of a pipeline break into the Great Lakes (versus what would seem to be more probable, a break elsewhere that would contaminate groundwater and potentially contributory streams and rivers) versus the ongoing climate costs of shipping the oil above ground. In the filing, Canada said it had invoked the treaty provisions “through diplomatic channels” earlier in the day and made a formal request to begin negotiations with the U.S. Northern's pipeline system stretches across 11 states, from the Permian Basin in Texas to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, providing access to five of the major natural gas . The basin is centered in Gladwin County where the Precambrian basement rocks are 16,000 feet (4,900 m) deep. It isn’t as if the pipeline has a retail store on one of the reservations to supply the locals. Montana There are roughly 123,000 households in the UP, of those, roughly 20,000 rely on propane for winter heating. This happened to coincide with the end of peace and the advent of WW II. It's delivered to a facility in Michigan's Upper Peninsula as well as to facilities in Ontario that then supply propane throughout the state. “And the requirement that some local judge in Merida, Michigan or Moose Bay can’t be allowed to interfere in order to pander to local sentiment” . Also, the Straits of Mackinac were the historic center of trade and settlement for the Ottawa people (one of the three Anishinaabe nations). Gas Companies Propane & Natural Gas Gas-Liquefied Petroleum-Bottled & Bulk. 21 U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table C14, Total Energy Consumption per Capita by End-Use Sector, Ranked by State, 2018. As a solar person for 25 years, it pains me but the only thing that I can think of that meets all these requirements are the new generation 4 nuclear plants. As for the propane in the Upper Peninsula, Line 5 could terminate at Rapid River, about 25 miles north of Escanaba where it already distributes propane across the Upper Peninsula. If that won’t work, Canada can either ship it west for export to Asia, or give up on its decades of investment in Alberta tar sands and other heavy oil. A new 20″ gas pipeline was recently put in to Marquette which allowed for the elimination of two coal power generating stations and those guys did a wonderful job right down to the landscaping. It has five fuel ethanol production plants, all located in the southern half of the Lower Peninsula.107 Those plants have a combined capacity of about 370 million gallons each year and produced nearly 360 million gallons in 2018.108,109 However, the state is among the nation's top 10 fuel ethanol consumers and uses more than it can produce. Coal also arrives from nearby states, including Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, and Kentucky.119. Nameplate Fuel Ethanol Production Capacities, January 2020 (Excel File). North Carolina 40 U.S. Census Bureau, House Heating Fuel, Table B25040, 2019 ACS 1-Year Estimates Detailed Tables, Michigan. Known as the Great Lakes State, Michigan has portions of four of the five Great Lakes within its boundaries. The same debate has taken place re the Colonial gasoline pipeline that passes within five miles of my house. Line 5 supplies only 35-50 percent of the Upper Peninsula's propane, based on FLOW's estimates using publicly available data. Whitmer’s plans for getting rid of Line 5 explicitly call for tens of millions to build more railroads and propane storage to substitute for the pipeline. and Michigan's Copper Deposits and Mining, accessed May 18, 2021. Please contact your area Marketing Representative with any new service questions. Kuester Generating Station and A.J. In 2018 that consummate environmentalist Justin Trudeau got tired of activists and native peoples holding up a pipeline from the tar sands of Alberta to the Port of Vancouver. 49 Michigan Public Service Commission, Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Michigan Energy Overview (October 2011), p. 2. Found inside – Page 205The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is preferred over Nevada and New Mexico for many reasons . ... Peninsula is produced at hydro - electric plants , whereas natural gas is the predominant source for generating electricity in Nevada and New ... ‘Shipping does not anchor there as a rule and this was a fluke.’. Arizona There were also far fewer people in the region (and elsewhere worldwide.). Northern, a corporation organized under Delaware law, is a natural gas company as defined by section 2(6) of the NGA,3 engaged in the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce. Overall, Line 5 transports up to 540,000 barrels per day (bpd) of light crude oil, light synthetic crude, and natural gas liquids (NGLs), which are refined into propane. But that’s what we have. Maine Doomberg has noticed that it has really serious winters, although he uses photos of lake effect snow on the south side of Lake Superior to make the point.

Docket No. AAA: Michigan gas prices down just 2 cents compared to ... Much better than fossil fuels. ). "As we enter the winter months and temperatures drop across the Midwest, the termination of Line 5 will undoubtedly further exacerbate shortages and price increases in home heating fuels like natural gas and propane at a time when Americans are already facing rapidly rising energy prices, steep home heating costs, global supply shortages, and skyrocketing gas prices," Rep. Bob Latta (R . Michigan Natural Gas Services and Programs | Wisconsin ... No new transmission lines, no oil and gas… Delaware Line 5 delivers 540,000 barrels of oil daily, versus US consumption of 18 million barrels a day. Kansas Found inside – Page 1594Turning to the Canadian matter , at times it has been suggested that Canada would interrupt the flow of gas , and yet the ... through the United States , through the Great Lakes Pipeline Co. , crossing the upper peninsula of Michigan . 0000002965 00000 n First thing comes to mind is that people generally live pretty close to the ground here but there is a distinct culture divide between woods workers, miners, farmers ect.. and the University students, PMC’s, and wealthier vacationers. South Carolina Michigan has the largest underground natural gas storage capacity in the nation at nearly 1.1 trillion cubic feet, which is almost one-eighth of the U.S. total. I’ve seen someone mentioning upgrades to energy efficiency ( house insulation, heat pumps etc) but I’m not sure that falls under conservation as it involves lots of new things. § 717f(b), (c). Found inside – Page 897... OF 80-0739 Uranium ores : Airborne electromagnetic and mag . netic survey of parts of the Upper Peninsula of ... part of the Northern Great Plains regional aquifer - system analysis OF 81-0401 Natural gas : Petrology of the Eagle ... Michigan has a higher proportion of homes using propane for heating than any other state. Cook Inlet Planning Area, Oil and Gas Lease Sales 191 and ... However, the state's largest hydroelectric facility by capacity is a pumped-storage plant on the shores of Lake Michigan on the Lower Peninsula.102,103,104 Pumped storage hydroelectric plants use relatively inexpensive power during periods of less electricity demand to pump water from a lower reservoir to an upper reservoir. 62 Michigan Public Service Commission, Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Petroleum Product Pipelines (May 2014). Founded in 2011, XNG provides an alternative energy source for businesses without access to a gas pipeline. Hancock, MI just had a gasoline tanker spill this spring that contaminated soil and the nearby canal that is part of Lake Superior. Having lived through that, quite joyfully in fact, did make me a very energy conscious builder/re modeler though. Instead, even Canada is alarmed at the prospect of shuttering the pipeline. Montana 55 Michigan Public Service Commission, Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Michigan Energy Overview (October 2011), p. 2. 81 U.S. EIA, Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors (thousand megawatthours), 2017-20. Montana Owning a second piece of property and building on it is beyond the scope of the poor I know. 109 U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table P1, Primary Energy Production Estimates in Physical Units, 2018. The water is over 300 feet deep. About 3 out of 100 Michigan homes use wood for space heating.101, Michigan has more than 50 conventional hydroelectric dams that accounted for almost 2% of the state's net generation in 2020.

Uranium fuel, nuclear reactors, generation, spent fuel. The availability of natural gas is very limited in the UP, only found in larger towns (of which only Marquette barely constitutes a “city”). Trudeau has gone as far as to invoke Canada’s treaty rights under a deal signed with the United States in 1977.
Spanish . From Business: Founded in 1918, Bowman Gas brings a rich history and tradition of service to the Upper Peninsula. 2 Michigan State University, Geography of Michigan and the Great Lakes Region, The Michigan Basin, accessed May 18, 2021. In 2020, wind energy supplied three-fifths of the state's renewable electricity and 6% of Michigan's total net generation from all sources.89 The state's strongest onshore winds are along its curving Lake Huron coastline.90,91 Michigan is among the top 15 states in the nation in both generating capacity and actual generation from wind energy.92 The state has more than two dozen wind farms with a total generating capacity in nearly 2,800 megawatts.93 Many of Michigan's wind farms are located between Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron in the eastern part of the state's Lower Peninsula.94, In 2020, biomass provided one-fifth of Michigan's renewable electricity generation and 2% of the state's net generation from all sources.95 The state has three dozen biomass power plants with a combined generating capacity of 508 megawatts. The State of Michigan, under its prior governor, had agreed with Enbridge to place the straits crossing in a tunnel under the straits, which would eliminate any risk of lake water contamination. Geology. An important related question is how can we move everyone to heating systems that use clean, sustainable energy? One way to deal with this (and so many) situations is to imagine what it was like to stay warm in 1850. Whitmer wants it closed down in what, frankly, seems to be another economic mayhem creating opportunity like what we have been seeing lately in this country. 38 U.S. EIA, Natural Gas Gross Withdrawals and Production, Marketed Production, Annual, 2015-20. We also serve natural gas customers in Wisconsin and steam customers in downtown Milwaukee. Gasoline Requirements, American Petroleum Institute (January 2018). The Whitmer administration went back and repudiated this final and signed agreement for solely political reasons. 72 U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table F11, Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids Consumption Estimates, 2019. Unemployment Problems: Hearings Before the Special Committee ... 0000004794 00000 n Ten sightings of cougars have been confirmed. 68 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gasoline Standards, Reformulated Gasoline, accessed May 19, 2021. In 2019, state consumption of fuel ethanol was almost 451 million gallons.110 Michigan's two biodiesel plants are also on the Lower Peninsula.111 Those plants can produce 15 million gallons of biodiesel fuel each year, compared with almost 35 million gallons consumed in the state annually.112,113, Michigan enacted a renewable energy standard (RES) in 2008 that required the state's retail electricity providers, including investor-owned electric utilities, alternative retail suppliers, electric cooperatives, and municipal electric utilities, to obtain at least 10% of the electricity they sold from renewable energy resources by 2015. Oregon American Samoa 48 Michigan State University, Geography of Michigan and the Great Lakes Region, Hydrocarbons: Oil and Gas, accessed May 19, 2021. Forms EIA uses to collect energy data including descriptions, links to survey instructions, and additional information. Motel is in close proximity to the snowmobile trail, Lake Superior's Keweenaw . 31 U.S. EIA, U.S. Natural Gas Imports by Point of Entry, Pipeline Volumes, 2015-20. 0000017457 00000 n stations in 2019. 10 NETSTATE, Michigan, The State of Michigan, updated July 28, 2017. What conclusion can we draw from this? Maine In 2020, natural gas fueled the largest share of Michigan's electricity generation for the first time, surpassing coal, which fell to third after nuclear power. Northern Michigan Land Brokers Michigan's Gas Giveaway | NRDC 0000013163 00000 n They could tell Americans to take their medicine, live with higher gas prices, and then privately hope that hastens the transition to green energy. Ed note: Our CleanVision Natural Gas Balance program includes the use of carbon offsets provided by Bluesource, North America's largest carbon offset developer. 29 U.S. EIA, Michigan Profile Overview, Map, Layers/Legend: Natural Gas Interstate Pipeline, Natural Gas Pipeline Border Crossing, and Natural Gas Trading Hub, accessed May 18, 2021. While a small amount of natural gas also arrives by pipeline from Canada, the bulk of the natural gas flowing across the border goes into Canada, most of it at St. Clair, located northeast of Detroit. 157 . The company's also in the eastern, central, and western parts of the state's Upper Peninsula. Upper Peninsula Power Company, an electric utility serving approximately 52,000 customers in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Why don’t we ever consider yearly migration? I did know one guy in the 1990's who was in that situation, and he did like . 6 NETSTATE, Michigan, Michigan Almanac, updated March 9, 2018. The author, writing of his hardscrabble boyhood is very positive, by the way. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources' Western Upper Peninsula Citizens' Advisory Council will hear updates on several issues when it meets Nov. 3 in Marquette Township. It provides electric service to nearly… 4. Nowhere did I say that Canada wanted or needed propane. Standard & Poor's Stock Reports: New York Stock Exchange, ... - Page 8 However, having lived a mere 60 miles south of Marquette (the biggest town, on Lake Superior) in Escanaba, on Lake Michigan, that lake effect snow tails off pretty quickly. Another has it to mean no new mining for anything, including solar and wind. Propane is not oil. Found inside – Page 26A Thief in the Night? Wisconsin-Upper Michigan Fuel Dealers Association. : THE WISCONS IN FUEL MARKET The diversified industries of Wisconsin. Crude oil produced in western Michigan is delivered by an intrastate pipeline to Lewiston, Michigan, where it is integrated into the Enbridge pipeline system that enters the state through northern Wisconsin. 106 Worth, Dan, "The Back-to-the-Future Technology of Ludington's Pumped Storage Electricity Plant," Groundwork Press Release (September 12, 2018). 350-megawatt coal-fired Presque Isle Power Plant with new, right-sized natural gas generating . 2012-12, State of Energy Emergency, Waiver of Regulations Relating to Motor Carriers and Drivers Transporting Gasoline, Diesel Fuel, and Jet Fuel (July 24, 2012). 45 U.S. EIA, Crude Oil Production, Annual-Thousand Barrels, 2015-20. The photo above is of what is known in the U.P. The CO2 it releases came from the air to begin with. The pipeline does not transport propane The DNR says the increase in confirmed reports may come from the recent popularity of "game" cameras strapped to trees. Found inside – Page 2-34In summary , none of the system alternatives studied could transport the proposed natural gas volumes without construction of ... Minnesota and traverses northern Minnesota , northern Wisconsin , and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan . 83 U.S. EIA, Electric Power Monthly (February 2021), Tables 1.3.B, 5.4.B. Second thing I would like to add is that Line 5 around Escanaba / Rapid River runs through a lot of limestone and it is very permeable. Most expensive gas price averages: Marquette ($3.36 -This is an average of the entire Upper Peninsula), Metro Detroit ($3.32), Traverse City ($3.28) Least expensive gas price averages: Grand . I consider “pandering to local sentiment” when it is a matter of basic law to be more important than pandering to our Colonial NAFTA Overlords’s profits and power. Greenhouse gas data, voluntary reporting, electric power plant emissions. Guam

Virginia 39 U.S. EIA, Natural Gas Consumption by End Use, Total Consumption, Annual, 2014-19. It’s kind of like playing with fire. Mihm Generating Station and the F.D. The core article by Yves is excellent and on point. 0000090009 00000 n Note: Integrys announced its intention to sell Upper Peninsula Power to Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Partners LP on 20 January 2014. From Business: Upper Peninsula Power Company is an electric utility that serves 10 of the 15 counties in Michigan s upper peninsula. True, to a great extent they did it by burning wood. Your email address will not be published. Reports requested by congress or otherwise deemed important. 0000001196 00000 n
No kidding it was drafty. Hydrocarbon Potential in Southeastern United States: A Review 73 U.S. EIA, State Energy Data System, Table F16, Total Petroleum Consumption Estimates, 2019. Found inside – Page 619KUYKENDALL : This proceeding is presently under consideration by one of your hearing examiners , Mr. Emory Woodall . It involves , among other things , the question of bringing natural gas to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan . Are you seeing higher natural gas, propane, and heating oil prices? Federal Response to Rising Natural Gas Prices: Hearing ... - Page 70 natural gas company, as defined by section 2(6) of the NGA,3 engaged in the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce. 2 18 C.F.R. Remember the Upper Peninsula has only 300,000 people and is very low density. Washington American new wars have now made this a perpetual event, with old vets parading and the pols making the appropriate speeches, all made a bit easier by the end of the draft so that the new vets are now “OPCs” (other people’s children). Found inside – Page 18Members of a Michigan Senate committee reported on efforts to obtain natural gas for the Upper Peninsula . Wisconsin's public service commission chairman , Mr. George P. Steinmetz , and Prof. Edwin Shorey , ore research director ... And cutting, bucking, splitting, and stacking firewood is very healthy exercise in the fresh air. So are thousands and thousands of trucks attempting to take its place. It’s has been inspected relentlessly since then and found to be in good shape. Hence my question about the meaning of radical conservation. Natural gas-fired power plants provided the largest share of Michigan’s electricity net generation for the first time in 2020. Rhode Island South Carolina Found inside – Page 228STATEMENT OF ROBERT W. STEWART CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ... one million customers in Detroit , Ann Arbor , Grand Rapids and Northern Michigan , including the upper peninsula . Governor Tom Wolf made the announcement on Thursday morning. And the stink of creosote. Line 5 is a 68 years old oil and natural gas dual pipeline that transports over half a million gallons per day through Canada and Michigan's Great Lakes. Hearings - Volume 2 - Page 18 59 U.S. EIA, Petroleum and Other Liquids, Company Level Imports, accessed May 19, 2021. Michigan is among the top 10 states in the nation in both population and total energy consumption.18,19 Although the Great Lakes moderate Michigan's temperatures, extremes occur in the interior of the Lower Peninsula. 5. 0000010070 00000 n As a fifth generation family-owned and -operated business, we…. Mihm Generating Station and the F.D. Florida I suppose larger economic forces are at play to keep things the way they are. “fission” is a banned word but that is the thermodynamics of it. Transportation: once it is cleaned and processed, natural gas travels from its site of exploitation along pipelines until it reaches the distribution network. The federal Energy Information Administration released a report in October stating that U.S. households that rely on natural gas to heat and power their homes could spend an average of $746 to heat their homes this winter, which is an increase of 30 percent from the previous winter. Tennessee 3 Michigan State University, Geography of Michigan and the Great Lakes Region, Hydrocarbons: Oil and Gas, accessed May 18, 2021.

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