Author name: Andy Draheim

5LE Celebrates Signing of Michigan Clean-Energy Reforms

5LE clients and leaders were on hand in Detroit on Tuesday, November 28 when Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bills to accelerate Michigan’s transition to a clean energy economy and move the state towards its goal of 100% economy-wide decarbonization by 2050. In recent weeks, as the State Legislature debated the measures, 5LE Managing Partner Douglas Jester shared …

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5LE Strengthens its Industrial Decarbonization Expertise with Addition of Elizabeth Boatman

5LE is proud to welcome Elizabeth Boatman to our team. A published scholar with a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley, Boatman will equip 5LE with deep expertise in the principles of manufacturing, materials, and mechanical engineering. She also brings significant experience in science policy and scientific, strategic, and executive communications to our firm. …

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5LE Senior Consultant Rick Bunch takes on costly, unfair utility deposit practices

In a news story aired Monday, November 13 on the Lansing area’s WLNS, 5LE Senior Consultant Rick Bunch, who also directs the Michigan Municipal Association for Utility Issues or MI-MAUI, criticized utility company practices of charging hefty and “unnecessary” upfront deposits to energy customers who can least afford it. While the story focused on the …

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