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What is an Alternative Energy Supplier? |
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An Alternative Energy Supplier is a company that generates electricity
for you or buys electricity for your use from another generator.
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What are my supply choices? |
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Upper Peninsula Power Company is not aware
of any Alternative Energy Suppliers that are ready to serve customers
at this time. We will continue to contact suppliers to discuss
their interest in serving customers in Upper Michigan. There is
a list of Alternative Energy Suppliers registered with the state
of Michigan on their web site at http://www.michigan.gov/mpsc.
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Why are there no Alternative Energy Suppliers in upper Michigan? |
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There are two key reasons why customers won't find many alternative
energy supply options. One is due to the Upper Peninsula's limited
market size. A new supplier would have to build a small generating
plant to serve this area, and a small plant would have a hard
time competing with larger plants that typically cost less to
operate. Second, transmission lines that help deliver electricity
to you are, at times, already overused. A new supplier may not
have the ability to put additional electricity through the lines
to serve more customers, and it would limit their ability to sell
more energy outside the area (which could have justified building
a larger plant).
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How do I know if an Alternative Energy Supplier is eligible to offer me service? |
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All Alternative Energy Suppliers need to be licensed by the Michigan
Public Service Commission and certified by Upper Peninsula Power Company.
A list of Alternative Energy Suppliers registered with the state
can be found on the Commission's web site at http://www.michigan.gov/mpsc.
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