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It is often talked about how renewable energy, chiefly wind and solar, has increasingly become one of the cheapest forms of electricity generation, meaning there is not a tradeoff between clean energy and affordable energy. That is overall true, which is why CUB tends to push Michigan utilities toward a greater use of renewables. But […]

Summer is here, and so is the season of mass power outages. Widespread, prolonged blackouts have struck American Electric Power customers in our neighbor to the south, and outages affecting thousands of customers recently occurred in Michigan. Of course, when you are dealing with thousands of miles of power lines, some outages are inevitable, especially in stormy weather.

On May 12, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) issued an order in which it agreed to a proposal suggested by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Citizens Utility Board of Michigan meant to ensure that the state’s regulated utilities take full advantage of new federal funding opportunities for a variety of renewable energy, smart grid

CUB, the Michigan Attorney General and other parties have reached a settlement with the Upper Peninsula utility Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp. (UMERC) that the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) expects will help confront the greater UP’s problem of overreliance on natural gas (U-21081). The settlement, approved by the MPSC at its May 12 meeting,