When I look around Wolverine I see many different teams, formal and informal, working to achieve different goals. We have so many talented employees who care about their jobs and take pride in doing them well. I literally see it more in our new HQ, because I can see teams working together in collaborative spaces, [...]
Almost there… Wolverine generation crews work tirelessly to bring Alpine Generating plant to full power. They continue to perform commissioning tests on Unit #2, while they wring out the bugs on Unit #1, which they expect to bring to full load early next week. This project has been a grind for our employees. We gave [...]
As a “financial guy,” I’ve always been interested in numbers. When I became Great Lakes Energy’s (GLE) president and chief executive officer on March 29, my focus switched slightly. The members and employees of GLE are now the number one priority in my new role. I served as GLE’s chief financial officer for 12 years, [...]
Imagine you enter a race, fully accepting the challenge and expectation that you must finish first. How would you feel when you learned that the rules made you start six months behind everyone else! Jon Johnson accepted this very challenge when he took the lead on the Alpine Transmission projects. In order for the Alpine [...]
Early coal miners would take canaries deep into the mines with them while they worked to act as early detection systems. Commonly, carbon monoxide and/or methane gas could build up to dangerous levels, killing miners with no warning. Canaries were more sensitive to the gasses and so literally if the bird was alive, the miner [...]
Have you ever crossed a river on a fallen tree? It’s delicate business. If the tree is wide and just a bit above a narrow stream, then it’s no big deal, right? Now imagine a skinny log bridge high above a raging torrent. That’s a lot scarier, because the stakes of failure are much higher. [...]
Craig Borr is President/CEO of the Michigan Electric Cooperative Association (MECA) As the US Presidential primary heads into Super Tuesday, it reminds us of the importance of the political process and how our country picks its political leaders. Electric cooperatives in Michigan and throughout the country have developed our own Political Action Committee [...]
My wife Sue loves roller coasters. When we dated in college, she dragged me to Ohio’s Cedar Point to “enjoy” some of the biggest, baddest roller coasters on the planet. The challenge for me, though, was that roller coasters terrified me! I remember approaching the top of the coaster, my stress level ratcheting up with [...]
Tony Anderson is General Manager of Cherryland Electric Cooperative. In my 32 years in the cooperative family, I have worked at distribution cooperatives served by 3 different G&Ts - Tri-State, Basin and Wolverine. (I also had a power supply contract with an IOU, Wisconsin Public Service while working for a co-op in the [...]
I just returned from Tucson after a long week. To be sure, I enjoyed seeing the sun for a few days (because it’s January and in case you’ve forgotten, the sun is this warm ball in the sky that shines on your face) and I didn’t look forward to driving in another snowstorm to get [...]