LUDINGTON, Mich., July 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers Energy, Michigan's largest renewable energy provider, received approval on July 7 from the Mason County Planning Commission of the utility's special land use permit application for its first wind park - the 100 megawatt (MW) Lake Winds Energy Park.

JACKSON, Mich., Nov. 19, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Consumers Energy's Lake Winds Energy Park in Mason County has taken another step forward with the signing of two major construction and supply contracts. The utility's first wind park is scheduled to begin operation in late 2012.

JACKSON, Mich., July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Consumers Energy has signed a contract with Vestas-American Wind Technology, Inc. to supply 56 wind turbine generators for the utility's Lake Winds Energy Park in Mason County.

By Zeke MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News Nov. 3--A Houston businessman has dropped his bid for a state permit to dam the James River to create two reservoirs on his Mason County ranch, but critics of the plan aren't declaring victory. That's because Star S Ranch, owned by William F.

By GEORGE HOHMANN If electric power generating plants don't start getting built, there won't be enough electricity to sustain the economic growth everyone wants and the nation will risk "an economic brownout," the head of American Electric Power Co. says.