American Light and Traction
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American Light and Traction was founded in 1900 for the purpose for consolidating the utility industry's small, local power suppliers. By 1901, American Light and Traction owned and controlled over 40 gas producting plants, electric light and traction (streetcar)
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Tram
A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...
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History
- 1900 - founded by Emerson McMillin as president
- 1935 - enactment of Public Utility Holding ActPublic Utility Holding Company Act of 1935The Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 , , also known as the Wheeler-Rayburn Act, was a law that was passed by the United States Congress to facilitate regulation of electric utilities, by either limiting their operations to a single state, and thus subjecting them to effective state...
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
- 1981 - MichCon becomes wholly owned subsidiary of Primark
- 1988 - spun off
- 2001 - merger with DTE EnergyDTE EnergyDTE Energy Co. is a Detroit, Michigan-based utility incorporated in 1995 involved in the development and management of energy-related businesses and services nationwide....