It’s election season for races you’ve probably never heard about — but can impact your energy bill.
Michigan’s rural energy cooperatives set rates, manage multi-million dollar budgets and decide reliability standards.
They're board of directors are voted in by co-op members but annual elections for these positions have low voter turnouts — as low as 10% for some energy co-ops.
This could be the year things start to change.
IPR climate change reporter Vivian La takes us to the hidden world of energy co-op elections.
Also, state legislatures forgive snow days and slash the essay portion of a state exam (11th graders across Michigan rejoice).
Producer: Austin Rowlader
Editing: Steve Junker
Music: Blue Dot Sessions
