Press Releases

Marquette – Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) will begin lowering water levels at its hydroelectric reservoirs to prepare for melting snow and precipitation during the spring of 2025. UPPCO’s hydroelectric project licenses are issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and require these water level changes. The Silver Lake, Hoist, Bond Falls and Lake…

Marquette – Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) is announcing the Victoria Reservoir will be undergoing an early drawdown to support an ongoing maintenance and powerhouse facility improvement project. The drawdown will begin on Monday, October 28, 2024, and will lower the reservoir level over several days. UPPCO is also reminding the public to be safe…

Marquette – Scammers are hard at work and are expanding their tactics to include face-to-face encounters. The company issued a warning this week after a recent incident downstate in Oakland County where two men, posing as utility workers investigating a gas leak, entered a home and killed a 72-year-old man and tied up his wife.…

Marquette – Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) will host two open house events to demonstrate how it plans to meet Michigan’s new clean energy standards. At these events, UPPCO will provide an update on the company’s current renewable generation projects and walk guests through its Integrated Resource Plan, or IRP. An IRP is a comprehensive…

Marquette – ​Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) is now accepting proposals through October 15, 2024, for the annual Bond Falls Mitigation and Enhancement Fund (MEF) grant.  The goal of the MEF grant is to create tangible, measurable improvements to aquatic and terrestrial environments within the Ontonagon River watershed. This watershed includes UPPCO’s Bond Falls and…

Marquette – Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) is announcing the company’s boat launch facility at Dam No. 4 on the Boney Falls reservoir will be temporarily closed to the public on Thursday, August 8th, 2024. The closure is required to support the de-mobilization of equipment that was used for planned maintenance activities and facility improvements…

Marquette – Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) is announcing the Victoria hydroelectric generation powerhouse will be under construction during the summer and fall of 2024. Starting on June 17, 2024, and continuing through mid-November, the Victoria powerhouse will be taken offline so that equipment upgrades can be completed. During this timeframe, water from the Victoria…

UPPCO ANNOUNCES ENERGY PLANS FOR THE FUTURE 100% RENEWABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY PLANNED BY 2040 Marquette – Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) is announcing ambitious plans and an unwavering commitment to deliver reliable and sustainable energy solutions that meets the needs of its customers. Michigan statutes require electric utilities to achieve an energy mix that…

Closure Required to Support Planned Facility Improvements Marquette – Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) is announcing the company’s boat launch facility at Dam No. 4 on the Boney Falls reservoir will be temporarily closed to the public on Monday, May 13th, 2024. The closure is required to support planned maintenance and facility improvements that are…

Marquette – Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) is reminding its customers, and the general public, that late-winter weather patterns can – and often do – produce high winds and accumulations of wet, heavy snow that can affect the region’s electrical grid. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Winter Storm Warning for most of…