Edison Sault Electric Company was a public utility that provided electricity to the eastern portion of
Michigan
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's
Upper Peninsula. Its service area covered four counties (
Chippewa,
Mackinac,
Schoolcraft and
Delta
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* Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), a letter of the Greek alphabet
* River delta, at a river mouth
* D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta")
* Delta Air Lines, US
* Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19
Delta may also re ...
).
History
The company was founded in 1892 in
Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie is a cross-border region of Canada and the United States located on St. Marys River, which drains Lake Superior into Lake Huron. Founded as a single settlement in 1668, Sault Ste. Marie was divided in 1817 by the establishment of ...
.
Wisconsin Energy Corporation acquired the Edison Sault Electric Company with its purchase of its parent company, ESELCO in 1998.
In 2009, Wisconsin Energy announced it had reached a definitive agreement to sell Edison Sault Electric to the
Cloverland Electric Cooperative Cloverland Electric Cooperative is an electric cooperative 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 ...
of
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 ...
.
System information
Edison Sault's only generating station was the
Saint Marys Falls Hydropower Plant located on the
St. Marys River in downtown Sault Ste. Marie. During the night when demand was low, the company was able to sell power from this small dam to larger companies such as
Upper Peninsula Power Company The Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) is an electrical power utility provider headquartered in Marquette, Michigan with service centers in Escanaba, Houghton, Iron River, Ishpeming, Munising and Ontonagon.
History
The Upper Peninsula Power ...
and
Consumers Energy. Edison Sault's transmission system voltage is 138,000 volts. The subtransmission system voltage is 69,000 volts. The distribution system voltage is 13,200 volts.
Interconnections
Edison Sault had four 138 kV interconnections with other utilities. Two were with Consumers Energy in lower Michigan. (McGulpin-Straits #1 and McGulpin-Straits #2) These two lines are 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 ...
. Edison Sault has two interconnections with its former sister company, Wisconsin Electric (Arnold-Indian Lake #1 and Arnold-Indian Lake #2).
Edison Sault had interconnections with Cloverland Electric and Upper Peninsula Power on its 69 kV subtransmission system.
See also
*
Edison Sault Power Canal
The Edison Sault Power Canal supplies the Saint Marys Falls Hydropower Plant, a Cloverland Electric Cooperative hydroelectric plant, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Excavation of the power canal began in September 1898 and was completed in June ...
—canal that serves the hydropower plant
*
Lists of public utilities
This is a list of public utilities.
Natural gas companies
* - National Petroleum Corporation, Barbados National Oil Company Ltd.
* - Comgás
* - List of Canadian natural gas companies
* - China Natural Gas, Towngas China
** - China Resources ...
External links
Official Cloverland Electric site
Companies based in Michigan
Electric power companies of the United States
1892 establishments in Michigan
2010 disestablishments in Michigan
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