Rain Provides Electrical Charge

They say every cloud has a silver lining. Our extra-rainy fall could provide a little bit of relief to electric costs.

Upper Peninsula Power Company tells us the high river levels have enabled it to produce 30 percent more hydroelectric power than usual.

Vice President for Business Development and Communication Brett French says that means they’ve had to purchase less fossil fuel. That represents savings that will eventually be translated to your bill, though he did not specify exactly how or when.

UPPCO operates seven dams on the Sturgeon, Ontonagon, Dead and Escanaba Rivers. They typically produce 20 percent of the company’s power production.