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Wolverine provides wholesale service to meet the power requirements of our seven members, all serving customers at retail.
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| Generation |
Power plants
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Wolverine owns and operates six electric generating facilities primarily used for peaking capacity. These plants are capable of generating approximately 565 megawatts of electricity and are located in Belleville, Burnips, Gaylord, Hersey, Tower and Vestaburg.
In December 2010, we purchased a 150-megawatt interest in the Ohio Valley
Electric Corporation for base load generation. We also have a 15-megawatt
interest in Campbell 3, a coal-fired, base load facility primarily owned by
Consumers Energy.
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Wind energy
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Wolverine is purchasing energy from the Harvest Wind Farm under a long-term agreement. The Harvest Wind Farm, the state’s first commercial-scale wind projectgenerates electricity to serve 15,000 Michigan homes when operating at full capacity.
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Transmission |
Wolverine owns and operates an extensive electric transmission network in the western and northern portions of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Wolverine has nearly 1,200 miles of 69 kV and 138 kV looped transmission lines and associated facilities. Wolverine and other companies use these transmission facilities to integrate power supply resources with customer loads.
Beginning January 1, 2006, the commencement date of the Michigan Joint Zone, Wolverine transferred operational control of its transmission facilities to the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator.
Wolverine also owns and operates approximately 390 miles of radial transmission facilities that provide transmission service to distribution substations connected to our network. These facilities serve as the interface between Wolverine and our transmission members.
To view Wolverine's Facilities Connection Requirements Policy, please click here.
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Energy Control Center |
Wolverine maintains a state-of-the-art Energy Control Center at our Cadillac headquarters for the real-time monitoring of all transmission and generation functions. Our Energy Control Center is shared by Transmission Function and Marketing Function Employees.
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