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Yesterday at 8:55 AM  Severe weather in the overnight and early morning hours have left many homes without power.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Traverse City Light and Power (TCL&P) and Cherryland Electric Cooperative are teaming up to provide a new program that will allow customers to invest in solar energy.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  UPDATE: Leelenau County emergency responders tell 7&4 News that the outage was caused by an accident in Elmwood Township.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  FDA will investigate added caffeine in foods after new caffeinated gum introduced

Thursday, April 11, 2013  UPDATE: Power has been restored for customers in Clare and Newaygo counties but hundreds more in northern Michigan remain without power.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Dozens of communities will dig in and go green with the help of $73,000 in grants.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  North Korea vows to restart nuke facilities in latest escalation on already tense peninsula

Sunday, March 24, 2013  An energy company says it plans to drill 13 hydraulic fracturing wells in the northwestern Lower Peninsula.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  Young children in northern Michigan have had their future made a little brighter thanks to a Michigan electric company.

Friday, March 15, 2013  Obama pushes for federal research into clean energy technology that can wean vehicles off oil

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  Traverse City Light and Power will conduct a nationwide search for a new executive director.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  Struggling families across northern Michigan will get some money saving tips and some free light bulbs to help stretch their budgets.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  With all of the controversy surrounding the procedure of "fracking", the League of Women Voters in Manistee decided to set up an informational public forum - with both sides represented.

Sunday, February 10, 2013  LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan Public Service Commission and Michigan Energy Office officials plan to hold the first of seven forums this week on the state's energy future.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  Consumers Energy signed a 19-million-dollar contract with Moran Iron Works in Presque Isle County.