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environmental concerns
Committee Status
Iosco County and Consumers Energy have been hosting the “Lower AuSable Prosperity Group” and Develop Iosco has been participating in all of the meetings to develop a plan for prosperity in Iosco County.
There will be a community wide meeting in the first quarter of 2025 to go over the plan that was derived from the meetings.
The link below provides current and background information on the dams.
https://www.consumersenergy.com/about-us/electric-generation/renewables/hydroelectric/hydro-future
Consumers Energy Fall 2023 meetings
Consumers Energy held multiple community meetings in the fall of 2023 to update the public on the future status of Loud and Five Channels dams.
Additional information about the hydroelectric dams and the PowerPoint presentation from the October 24 meeting can be found at https://www.consumersenergy.com/company/electric-generation/renewables/hydroelectric/hydro-future
If you missed the meetings, you can read the Iosco News article here:
https://www.iosconews.com/news/article_cf9f19de-6c64-11ee-9797-772f337763dc.html
