Michigan governor issues state of energy emergency ahead of holiday weekend

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Michigan governor issues state of energy emergency ahead of holiday weekend

May 24, 2016

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Rick Snyder declared a state of energy emergency on Tuesday because of ongoing problems with a major petroleum products pipeline combined with an unexpected outage at Marathon Petroleum Corp's Detroit refinery.

The order was in response to an "unplanned" outage at the 106,000 barrels-per-day Detroit refinery along with the extended outage of the West Shore Pipeline, which carries products from Milwaukee to Green Bay, Wisconsin, and has been shut since March 10 for emergency repairs.

Under the order, which comes ahead of the busy U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend, trucks hauling transportation fuel will be allowed to spend more hours on area roads to ensure fuels are available.

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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker issued a similar emergency order because of a pipeline closure earlier this month


Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/michigan-governor-issues-state-energy-emergency-holiday-203506392--finance.html?nhp=1

[larkrake]

1. Time to transition to renewables, gov

[Brother Joe Observes]

2. What a LEADer

[yeoman6987]

3. So now truck drivers will drive longer hours?

Just use the gas you have. It's only 4 days. Emergency for that? If people can't fill up, it's not that big a deal. Shut dos all gas and bring in something else.

[mahannah]

4. The pipeline needs to be closed.