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One of the Upper Peninsula’s largest utilities claims that compliance with state renewable energy standards would necessitate decisions that would lead to drastic bill increases for ratepayers. In its request to the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) for approval of its Amended Renewable Energy Plan (Case U-21813), Upper Michigan Energy Resources (UMERC), argued that to […]

Photo by Brendan Wood, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0   For over 40 years, the federal government’s Low-Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) has been assisting ratepayers across Michigan. In 2025, the program provided about $160 million for low-income and emergency assistance in Michigan alone. That is why ratepayer advocates across our state were alarmed to