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What's New
Wisconsin's Focus on Energy
(11/6)
Focus on Energy works with eligible Wisconsin residents and businesses to install cost effective energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.

Cobo event touts wind turbine benefits
The Detroit News (11/5)
Gov. Jennifer Granholm pitched Michigan as a key player in expanding the wind industry's supply chain. She touted the Great Lakes State's manufacturing expertise, engineering talent and proximity to shipping channels as a combination few other states possess.

The future of America's Great Lakes is cloudy
Energy Publisher (11/2)
The Great Lakes, source of water and one of the world's largest navigable bodies of water, are facing a triple threat.

Wood-fueled power makes gain in Wisconsin
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/2)
Xcel Energy Corp. has won state approval for a project that would replace a coal-fired boiler in Ashland on Lake Superior with a biomass gasifier power plant.

Compromise on clean fuel rules saves Saginaw River shipping
The Bay City Times (10/31)
Shipping on the Saginaw River is no longer in jeopardy after a compromise on national clean fuel standards. The federal pact will allow older, more polluting ships to operate here until at least 2020, officials say.

Turning Great Lakes wind into energy
Bay View Compass (10/30)
Amid a growing interest in shifting from nonrenewable to renewable energy sources, the Great Lakes are attracting attention of their own as potential sources of wind energy.

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General Resources
Energy Information Administration
U.S. Department of Energy
The EIA is an independent statistical and analytical agency that maintains a comprehensive data and information program relevant to energy resources.

Energy Regulation
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The commission regulates the transmission of oil and natural gas, as well as the wholesale sales of electricity in interstate commerce.

Great Lakes Region's Global Climate Change/Energy Interests
Council of Great Lakes Industries
A report of discussions at the April 1997 Second Roundtable on North American Energy Policy.

Great Lakes Wind Collaborative
The Great Lakes Wind Collaborative (GLWC) is a group established to build consensus and identify and address issues affecting the planning, development, and operation of wind power facilities in the Great Lakes region.

Industrial Productivity and Efficiency
Northeast-Midwest Institute
This site provides an overview on industrial productivity and efficiency, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program and Weatherization, subsidies and data on gasoline prices and electricity consumption.

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Pipelines
Great Lakes Gas Transmission Company
Delivers natural gas to customers in the mid-western and northeastern United States and Canada.

Natural Gas Pipeline Profile
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Overviews the financial, inventory, performance and safety of U.S. natural gas pipelines.

Pipeline Safety Data Analysis
U.S. Department of Transportation
Annual and summary statistics on liquid accidents, natural gas incidents for transmission and distribution operators.

Pipeline Safety Regulations
Office of Pipeline Safety
Provides pipeline safety laws as stated by the U.S. code Title 49 Regulations Part 186-199.

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