NEWS RELEASES

Residents voice opinions, concerns over rising rates Power Costs rising in City City Manager Address 10-2-08 Companies may want to buy city power plant 8/14/2008 - Residents sound off on Esky electric issues 8/8/2008 - Wanna buy a power plant? 8/5/2008 - EAC updated on multi-million dollar project 7/18/2008 - City hears power update 6/20/2008 - City council probes power plant options 6/12/2008 - Power options dwindle 6/5/2008 - UPPCO, Esky a power pair? 5/15/2008 - Escanaba power plant orders more train loads of coal 4/26/2008 - City warms up to new type of coal 4/16/2008 - Coal test set to go 4/10/2008 - Committee to look at power plant options 3/27/2008 - Plant’s energy options discussed 3/21/2008 - Escanaba set to test western coal 3/21/2008 - Resident: Time to move ahead 3/20/2008 - City coal prices rise more than 30 percent 3/13/2008 - Esky: It’s easy going green? 2/14/2008 - City coal prices hot topic Power-purchase talks continuing in Escanaba Town hall session attracts two dozen Residents presented historical perspective 1/10/08 City weighs biomass power 7/16/07 Editorial: City, Cheves have done their homework 7/12/07 Council continues to look at electric options 6/14/07 City considers power options 5/18/07 City wants power partner 5/10/07 Plans dim for new plant 5/8/07 Cheves: WPPI decision based on many factors 5/4/07 Still hope for City, WPPI venture 4/28/07 Power Study put on hold 4/19/07 Power future taking focus 4/16/07 EAC meeting worth going to 4/16/07 EAC gets study update 3/23/07 Council reviews power supply options 2/9/07 Power costs worry big users 2/8/07 Commerce Center Co-sponsors energy forum with Escanaba 1/31/07 MPSC Chairman submits energy plan 1/26/07 A powerful lesson - EAC open house 1/22/07 EAC plans open house on Escanaba's energy plan 12/30/06 Year in review - City moves forward with energy project 11/3/06 Sargent & Lundy, L.L.C., Chicago, to perform engineering study 9/26/06 EAC begins community outreach program 7/29/06 WPPI signs cost sharing agreement with Escanaba 7/28/06 WPPI News Release - Working with Escanaba 7/21/06 Council approves cost sharing agreement with WPPI 6/14/06 Interim project consultant introduced to EAC 5/23/06 Escanaba to hire power plant consultant 5/23/06 Escanaba looks for power plant consultants 5/19/06 Council presses Terry on hiring power plant consultant 1/10/06 Escanaba looks to build a new power plant 1/10/06 Council comments on EFFA study 1/10/06 Consultant completes EFFA study 10/21/05 Escanaba moves closer to building a new power plant 8/5/05 Council approves consultant for EFFA study