Community Funding Leverage Great Lakes Energy’s history of member-owner profits and capital credits refunds by positioning financial partnerships that align with their member-funded model, such as community grants, energy efficiency subsidies, or equity-like financing for local projects.

Rural Broadband Explore partnerships to expand fiber and high-speed internet initiatives already pursued via ROBIN grants and GLE Next. Propose managed services, rural broadband buildouts, and fiber-to-the-premises solutions for member communities.

Sustainable Growth Target opportunities in EV infrastructure, solar, and other clean-energy deployments shown by calls for EV charging expansion and energy solutions, offering grid modernization, demand management, and customer-facing energy programs.

Digital Enablement Offer customer engagement and billing modernization, data analytics, and smart-grid software to improve member experience, outage management, and efficiency for a member-owned cooperative with growing technology needs.

Strategic Leadership Engage with senior roles such as chief impact and chief strategy officers to align proposals with long-term community enrichment, capital credit planning, and strategic growth initiatives across western and northern Michigan.