American Light and Traction
- American Light and Traction
Infobox_Company
company_name = American Light and Traction
company_
company_type = Defunct Corporation
company_slogan =
foundation = 1900
location = Detroit, Michigan
key_people = Emerson McMillin (founder and president)
num_employees =
industry = Energy
products = Electricity and Natural Gas
homepage =
American Light and Traction was founded in 1900 for the purpose for consolidating the utility industry's small, local power suppliers. [cite web|url=http://www.nvemc.org/retailchoice.htm|title="Simple Choices" - How Much Will They Cost You?|accessdate=2006-09-06] By 1901, American Light and Traction owned and controlled over 40 gas producting plants, electric light and traction (streetcar) properties. [cite web|url=https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/1811/2201/1/V23N03_135.pdf#search=%22%22american%20light%20and%20traction%22%22|title=Emerson McMillin|accessdate=2006-09-06]
History
* 1900 - founded by Emerson McMillin as president [cite web|url=http://my.dteenergy.com/aboutUs/20thCentury.html|title=MyDTE Energy - About us - MichCon - The early 1900s|accessdate=2006-09-06]
* 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 [cite web|url=http://my.dteenergy.com/aboutUs/21stCentury.html|title=MyDTE Energy - About us - MichCon - Mid 1900s to present|accessdate=2006-09-06]
* 1981 - MichCon becomes wholly owned subsidiary of Primark
* 1988 - spun off
* 2001 - merger with DTE Energy
External links
* [http://www.dteenergy.com/ DTE Energy home page]
* [http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/electricity/deregulation/articles.cfm?ID=4194 Money Harvest: Utility Holding Companies Are Threshing Ratepayers]
References
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