The Michigan Clean Energy Reports: A look at clean energy
Participants engage at a Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association energy fair. Communities throughout Michigan are making clean energy efforts, but it’s important to take a closer look at what’s actually being implemented and what types of solutions would lead to better results. That’s where Michigan Saves comes in. Managed by Public Sector Consultants, Michigan Saves…
Michigan Clean Energy Reports
Michigan Clean Energy Report: A Profile of Clean Energy Efforts in Seven Michigan Communities This report was prepared by Michigan Saves, a multimillion-dollar organization managed by Public Sector Consultants that provides financing solutions for energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements. Communities that address clean energy issues have much to gain. Not only do those communities…
Building a Brighter Future: Recommendations for How to Improve Michigan’s Education System
Michigan needs to focus relentlessly on improving education from cradle to career. Success across P–20 (prenatal to graduate school), not just K–12, will help drive success in postsecondary attainment and prosperity in the workplace. To ensure a bright future for our children and our state, Michigan needs a coordinated, comprehensive strategy for each and every…
Region 9 Prosperity Initiative Five-year Prosperity Strategy
The Regional Prosperity Initiative (RPI) was established by Gov. Rick Snyder and the state legislature in 2014 to encourage local partners to create vibrant regional economies. The RPI is a voluntary program, developed to recognize the fact that many Michigan regions and their myriad of planning and service delivery entities have overlapping responsibilities and lack…
Powering the Mitten: Report warns of looming electricity capacity shortfall
Source: Midwest Independent System Operator via Public Sector Consultants. Electricity shortages, rolling blackouts, and surging electricity prices were the order of the day in California back in 2000 and 2001. California’s power crisis, which has been attributed to a “perfect storm” of increased demand, reduced supply, and market manipulation by energy traders such as Enron,…
Visualizing Data: The performance of nonprofits in a new tableau
Melissa Gibson, senior consultant at PSC crunches the numbers to beautiful effect. When it comes to high-quality information analysis, the numbers can become overwhelming. But Public Sector Consultants has always prided itself in being ahead of the curve in policy and research, so why should the firm’s approach to data technology be any different?…
Electric Reliability in Michigan: The Challenge Ahead
Prepared for Consumers Energy and DTE Energy Public Sector Consultants’ research on electric reliability in Michigan is composed of two major works: a full report and analysis titled “Electric Reliability in Michigan: The Challenge Ahead” and “Electric Reliability in Michigan: A Policy Brief,” which is intended to highlight the important elements of the full report….
Implementing the Upper Maple River Watershed Plan: Approaches to Decrease Environmental and Public Health Risks from Failing Well and Septic Systems
The Clinton Conservation District (CCD) hired PSC to assist in the implementation the Upper Maple River watershed management plan that was approved by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality in 2010. The plan and subsequent monitoring results identified water quality impairments in the Maple River and its tributaries that include excessive nutrient and pathogen levels….
Economic Benefits of Michigan’s Nonprofit Sector 2014
PSC has released a 2014 analysis of Michigan’s nonprofit sector. The update is the latest in a series from PSC dating back to the mid-1990s for the Michigan Nonprofit Association and Council of Michigan Foundations.
Analysis of Electric Deregulation Policies in Four States
After more than a decade of experience with electricity deregulation across the nation, there are lessons learned that could be relevant to states now considering retail electric access options. In October 2013, PSC produced a case study report that reviewed the electricity deregulation experiences of Texas, Illinois, and New Jersey. PSC has now expanded and…