WKAR Public Media By Georgia Hill October 18, 2025 View Article Additional pickups: Midland Daily news Ludington Daily News MSN
Ballot proposals advance, aiming to get ‘dark money’ out of politics Read More »
Photo Source: Wikimedia Commons As noted in previous blog posts, the Citizens Utility Board of Michigan (CUB) has been closely following efforts to expand Michigan’s electric transmission capacity through the planning and construction of two new transmission lines. These projects were proposed by the Michigan Electric Transmission Company (METC) in cases before the Michigan Public
CUB follows approval of transmission projects, new rulemaking process Read More »
Consumers Energy’s offices at One Energy Plaza, Jackson. Licensed Under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 4.0. On Tuesday, Sep 30, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved a $157.5 million increase in Consumers Energy gas rates under docket U-21806. This will equate to an 8% increase in residential rates, down from the 12% increase the
Consumers Gas Rate Increase Should Have Been Smaller, CUB Argues Read More »
Planet Detroit By Brian Allnutt October 16, 2025 View Article ——– Additional pickup: Newsbreak
The Citizens Utility Board of Michigan (CUB)—working with the Michigan Attorney General and the Sierra Club—was successful in saving Michigan ratepayers more than $3 million through intervention in a Power Supply Cost Recovery (PSCR) case before the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC). The case, U-21262, involved requests from Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M) to recover
CUB Saves Indiana Michigan Power Ratepayers On Overpriced Coal Plant Power Purchases Read More »
The MPSC rightfully cut Consumers Gas’s rate increase from $217 million as proposed by the utility to $157 million, but the cut should have been much bigger based on testimony CUB submitted in this case. As CUB detailed in a 2025 report, Michigan ratepayers cannot afford the expanding investments into the gas system that our utilities
Statement on Consumers Gas Rate Case (U-21806) Read More »
Earlier this year, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) reopened Case No. U-20140 to review extreme weather condition policies that were established by each of Michigan’s regulated utilities in 2018. These policies are meant to protect Michigan households by providing criteria for the suspension of disconnections during periods of “extreme hot and cold weather,” which
CUB Advocates for Unconditional Shutoff Moratorium Read More »
MLive By Lucas Smolcic Larson September 6, 2025 View Article
Michigan suffered through longest power outages in the nation, report finds Read More »
Michigan Public By Tracy Samilton September 5, 2025 View Article Reposts WCMU Public Media Interlochen Public Radio WNMU-FM WMUK WKAR WVPE News Break
Michigan electric utilities take longer to restore power to customers following outages than utilities in any other state, while also performing poorly on most other metrics related to reliability, affordability and the environment, according to this year’s edition of the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) of Michigan’s annual Utility Performance Report. Michigan utilities ranked 51st out
Michigan Utility Reliability Performance Worse Than Ever, New CUB Report Finds Read More »
