Approved return on equity: 9.9% (10.5% requested by DTE in its original filing) Approved revenue requirement increase: $110 million ($203.8 million requested) Approved residential rate increase: 3.9% (8.3% requested) Events On Aug. 20 the MPSC approved a settlement agreement reached the previous month between DTE Gas and the following parties: the staff of the MPSC, Attorney General Dana Nessel, […]
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The 2019 report ranks Michigan utilities on measures of reliability, affordability and environmental impact.
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This summer the Lansing Board of Water and Light (LBWL) filed with state regulators its Energy Waste Reduction plan for 2020 and 2021. This plan lays out what the municipal utility will spend on its whole suite of programs to help customers cut their energy use. Specifically, LBWL projects a total annual budget for energy waste reduction
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MiBiz: West Michigan Business News By Andy Balaskovitz October 20, 2019 https://www.mibiz.com/sections/energy/whitmer-mpsc-initiative-prioritizes-grid-modernization-in-clean-energy-transition
Energy News Network By Andy Balaskovitz October 14, 2019 https://energynews.us/2019/10/14/midwest/michigan-ag-focuses-on-clean-energy-ratepayer-support-in-shift-for-office/
MiBiz: West Michigan Business News & Information By Andy Balaskovitz October 13, 2019 https://www.mibiz.com/sections/energy/state-regulators-issue-energy-assessment-amid-transition-from-coal
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 17, 2019 Contact: Amy Bandyk – [email protected] Earlier today, Governor Whitmer and the Michigan Public Service Commission announced a new initiative “designed to guide Michigan residents and businesses through the energy industry’s rapid changes in the transition to clean energy” called MI Power Grid. Based on what we have seen so
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https://www.miningjournal.net/news/front-page-news/2019/10/state-ag-files-testimony-opposing-semco-request/ The Mining Journal By Lisa Bowers
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SEMCO service territory highlighted in yellow above. Source: Michigan Public Service Commission. SEMCO Energy Gas Co. is not nearly as big of a name as DTE or Consumers Energy, but all Michigan residential ratepayers should take note of the latest rate increase request from SEMCO – the third-largest natural gas utility in Michigan. This case
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The Upper Peninsula (UP) Energy Task Force, formed in June by an order from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, has spent its first few meetings studying the lay of the land of the Upper Peninsula. Now, the Task Force is in its very early stages of determining the potential paths forward for the UP’s energy problems. The goal is to help the region
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