Michigan Legislators Tour Alpine
Three Michigan legislators took a field trip to the Gaylord area on Friday, September 18, to tour the new Alpine Power Plant. The House Committee on Energy Chair, Aric Nesbitt, Committee Vice Chair, Gary Glenn, […]
RES/Deerfield Wind Energy Project Update
Wolverine and RES Americas (RES) continue to move forward with the Deerfield Wind Energy Project, however the overall size has shifted from the original plan. Wolverine will now be receiving a total of 150 megawatts […]
Team Wolverine Races for Big Brothers, Big Sisters
For the last four years, Tony Anderson, CEO of Cherryland Electric Cooperative (Cherryland), has hosted the Big Little Trail Races as part of his ongoing Marathon4Kids fundraising efforts to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of […]
Weathering the Storm Together
Northern Michigan endured a doozy of a storm on Sunday, August 2, and three of our member cooperatives experienced substantial power outages throughout their service areas. Approximately 38,670 Great Lakes members, 12,800 Cherryland members, and […]
Member Cooperatives and Wolverine are Electrifying Guatemala
Cooperatives are, by nature, very involved in their communities. This November, a ten-person crew made up of representatives from Cherryland, Great Lakes, HomeWorks Tri-County (HomeWorks), the Michigan Electric Cooperative Association (MECA), and Wolverine are headed […]
Supreme Court Ruling on EPA Mercury Regulations
In 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adopted the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATS) rule, which would limit the amount of mercury and other emissions from power plants. While this rule went into effect […]
Wolverine’s S&P Rating Upgrade
Wolverine was recently notified by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service (S&P) that their long-term credit rating for Peninsula Generation Cooperative (PGC), has been upgraded from an A- to an A.
According to the report, the upgrade […]
Wolverine Building New Headquarters
On December 12, 2014, the Wolverine Board of Directors unanimously approved building a new Cadillac headquarters. Discussions with architects began in June of 2013 to determine future building improvements and expansion possibilities. After lengthy meetings and […]
RES Americas Executes Power Purchase Agreement with Wolverine Power Cooperative for 114 Megawatts of Wind Energy
Broomfield, CO — Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES Americas), a leader in the development, engineering,
and construction of wind, solar, transmission, and energy storage projects in North America, is pleased to announce that
its subsidiary RES […]
Wolverine Announces Plans for New Otsego County Natural Gas Power Plant
CADILLAC—Wolverine Power Cooperative announced today that it plans to develop a new, natural gas-fueled electric generating facility called the Alpine Power Plant in Elmira Township, Otsego County, west of Gaylord. Wolverine, a not-for-profit electric cooperative, […]
