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CUB in the News: Recent News Roundup

Beware Of So-Called Detroit Activists Pocketing DTE Energy Donations Deadline Detroit By Darrell Dawsey January 14, 2020 https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/24129/dawsey_beware_of_so-called_activists_pocketing_donations_from_dte_energy_other_utilities *********** Publicly owned utilities ‘not a panacea’ but can produce customer benefits Energy News Network By Tom Perkins https://energynews.us/2019/12/16/west/publicly-owned-utilities-not-a-panacea-but-can-produce-customer-benefits/ *********** Semco reaches rate hike settlement with state The Mining Journal By Lisa Bowers December 12, 2020 https://www.miningjournal.net/news/front-page-news/2019/12/semco-reaches-rate-hike-settlement-with-state/ […]

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DTE’s Long-term Plan: Back to the Drawing Board

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Last summer the Citizens Utility Board of Michigan wrote about how a utility’s integrated resource plan (IRP) is an important roadmap for the future of the business and its customers. DTE’s long-term plan, proposed last year, could force its 2.2 million customers in southeast Michigan to pay millions on their electric bills for power plants that may

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Consumers Energy Electric Rate Case U-20697

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Approved return on equity: 9.9% (requested by utility: 10.5%) Approved overall rate of return: 5.67% (requested by utility: 5.9%) Approved revenue requirement increase: $100 million (requested by utility: $244 million) Approved residential class rate increase: 8.3% (requested by utility: 14%) Events: The Citizens Utility Board (CUB) of Michigan is an intervenor in this case. In

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Upper Peninsula Energy Task Force Looks at Pipeline Disruption Scenarios

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The debate over the future of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline has been one of the biggest energy and environmental stories for Michigan over the past couple years. The Line 5 controversy was one of the contributing factors in Gov. Whitmer’s decision last summer to form the Upper Peninsula Energy Task Force to examine how

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CUB of Michigan Tackling Proposals to Reduce Power Outages

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The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) is undergoing a rare review of the standards for electric service quality and reliability, two things that all Michigan households depend upon to have a high quality of life. The Citizens Utility Board (CUB) of Michigan is participating in a Workgroup of utilities and other stakeholders that are advising

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Upper Peninsula Power Co. IRP Shows That Renewable Energy Can Be The Most Affordable Option for Consumers

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A settlement between Upper Peninsula Power Co. (UPPCO) – the largest energy provider in the UP – and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and other groups could clear the way for an impressive increase in the amount of renewable energy in the peninsula, as well as in the state as a whole. On Dec. 6,

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MI Power Grid Update: How You Can Help Get Better Electric Service in Michigan

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Amid mass power outages this past summer in the DTE and Consumers Energy service territories, tens of thousands of Michigan residents learned the hard way that the state badly needs to update its basic standards for electric service. Also, after more recent power outages, DTE COO and President Trevor Lauer recognized in a Dec. 31 interview that

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Consumers Energy Gas Rate Case U-20650

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Approved return on equity: 9.9% (10.5% originally requested by the utility) Approved residential rate increase: 9% (18.5% requested) Approved revenue requirement increase: $144.5 million for the period Oct. 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021 ($245 million requested). Part of the decline from $245 million is due to $84.5 million in accelerated amortization of deferred liabilities related to tax

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As Deadline Nears, Upper Peninsula Task Force Considers New Perspectives

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Gov. Whitmer’s task force has just over three months left to issue its initial report on propane – the fuel source that 25% of Upper Peninsula customers rely on as their primary source of heating to get through some of the most brutal winter conditions in the lower 48. Nationwide, somewhere around just 6% of

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Proposed Settlement Improves Fairness for SEMCO Gas Customers

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SEMCO service territory highlighted in yellow above. Source: Michigan Public Service Commission. The Citizens Utility Board (CUB) of Michigan has good news for the over 275,000 residential customers of SEMCO Energy Gas Co, the third-largest natural gas utility in Michigan. SEMCO has reached a settlement with the state Attorney General, the staff of the Michigan

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