February 22, 2021
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a Michigan "energy emergency" on Feb. 20 to “ensure adequate propane distribution” for the foreseeable future.
“While I am confident that our state has the energy supply we need to get through these cold winter days, we aren’t taking any chances after what happened in Texas this week,” Whitmer said in a press release.
In November, Whitmer took action to shutdown the Line 5 pipeline that supplies much of the propane fuel used in Michigan.
Line 5 travels under the Straits of Mackinac in two 20-inch diameter parallel pipelines. The pipelines go underground onshore and then go deep underwater for 4.5 miles.