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Introducing The Current

Introducing The Current

I know things have been generally quiet around here for quite some time. But regular readers of this dusty old blog might be interested to know that the amazing folks over at Oil and Water Don't Mix have launched a new substack called The Current. And I'm honored that...

MPSC Line 5 Post-Mortem, pt. 3

MPSC Line 5 Post-Mortem, pt. 3

Part 3: The Commission Speaks Last week, in part 2 of my new series on the MPSC’s Line 5 decision, I wrote about relations. Or rather, I wrote about how the rules of the MPSC proceedings are designed to sever relations, to deny relations, to ignore relations, to...

MPSC Line 5, Post-Mortem, pt. 2

MPSC Line 5, Post-Mortem, pt. 2

Part 2: Relations This week I started a new series of posts in response to last Friday’s MPSC decision approving Enbridge’s application to relocate a portion of Line 5 inside a tunnel beneath the bedrock in the Straits of Mackinac. The decision has produced in me a...

Enbridge-MPSC Post-Mortem Series (2023 edition)

Enbridge-MPSC Post-Mortem Series (2023 edition)

Ten years ago in 2013—I really can’t believe it’s been a full decade—I wrote a series of posts in response to a Michigan Public Service Commission case involving Enbridge. At issue then was the “replacement” of Line 6B across the state and at the time, I’m sure I...

Enbridge Re-re-writes Michigan Law

Enbridge Re-re-writes Michigan Law

Today, in an inexplicable and astonishingly short-sighted decision, the Michigan Public Service Commission approved Enbridge's Line 5 tunnel scheme. I'm still digesting and thinking and reading about the decision, so more after I've had some time. In the meantime, I...

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