Cloverland Electric Cooperative is an
electric cooperative
A utility cooperative is a type of cooperative that is tasked with the delivery of a public utility such as electricity, water or telecommunications to its members. Profits are either reinvested for infrastructure or distributed to members in ...
in
Michigan, United States.
It serves five counties on the eastern end of Michigan's
Upper Peninsula (
Chippewa,
Mackinac,
Schoolcraft,
Delta and
Luce), as well as the cities of
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and
St. Ignace. Cloverland Electric Cooperative is based in
Dafter
Dafter Township is a civil township of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,263 at the 2010 census.
Communities
*Dafter is a small unincorporated community located about a mile southwest of the junction of M-28 wi ...
, just south of Sault Ste, Marie.
System Information
Cloverland Electric's transmission line voltage is 138,000 volts. Their subtransmission voltage is 69,000 volts. Distribution voltages are 14,400 volts and 13,200/7,620 volts. The cooperative has interconnections with
Consumers Energy via two 138 kV cables submerged under the
Straits of Mackinac
The Straits of Mackinac ( ; french: Détroit de Mackinac) are the short waterways between the U.S. state of Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas, traversed by the Mackinac Bridge. The main strait is wide with a maximum depth of , and connects ...
and with
Upper Peninsula Power Company and
We Energies via 69 kV and 138 kV lines. The cooperative operates the venerable
Saint Marys Falls Hydropower Plant
The Saint Marys Falls Hydropower Plant is an 18-MW hydroelectric generating plant located in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (the "Soo"). It extracts water from the St. Marys River under the supervision of the Army Corps of Engineers, and the power i ...
(1902) as a partial supplier of power to their distribution system.
See also
*
Edison Sault Electric Company Edison Sault Electric Company was a public utility that provided electricity to the eastern portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Its service area covered four counties ( Chippewa, Mackinac, Schoolcraft and Delta).
History
The company was found ...
-- private utility acquired by Cloverland in 2009
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.cloverland.com/
Companies based in Michigan
Electric cooperatives of the United States