American Light and Traction explained

American Light and Traction
Foundation:	1900
Key People:	Emerson McMillin (founder and president)

American Light and Traction was founded in 1900 for the purpose for consolidating the utility industry's small, local power suppliers.^[1] By 1901, American Light and Traction owned and controlled over 40 gas producing plants, electric light and traction (streetcar) properties.^[2]

History

• 1900 - founded by Emerson McMillin as president^{[3] [4]}
• 1935 - enactment of Public Utility Holding Act forced break-up of company due to antitrust provisions regulating integrated utility companies
• 1938 - Michigan Consolidated Gas (MichCon) formed
• 1949 - Michigan Consolidated Gas, the Milwaukee Gas Company, the Michigan-Wisconsin Gas Company, the Austin Field Pipeline Company and the Milwaukee Solvay Company merge to become American Natural Gas Company^[5]
• 1981 - MichCon becomes wholly owned subsidiary of Primark
• 1988 - spun off
• 2001 - merger with DTE Energy

External links

• DTE Energy home page
• Money Harvest: Utility Holding Companies Are Threshing Ratepayers

Notes and References

1. Web site: "Simple Choices" - How Much Will They Cost You?. 2006-09-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20061007030058/http://www.nvemc.org/retailchoice.htm. 7 October 2006. dead.
2. Web site: Emerson McMillin. 2006-09-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20060908021911/https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/1811/2201/1/V23N03_135.pdf. 8 September 2006 . live.
3. Web site: MyDTE Energy - About us - MichCon - The early 1900s . 2006-09-06 .
4. Goodrich . Arthur . A Leader Of Modern Industry . The World's Work . II . 5 . 1201–1208 . Doubleday, Page & Co. . New York, NY . September 1901 . April 29, 2012.
5. Web site: MyDTE Energy - About us - MichCon - Mid 1900s to present . 2006-09-06 .