Stateside: MI’s electric grid problems; kids and past pandemics; Rep. Meijer on Afghanistan Michigan Radio By Stateside Staff August 17, 2021 https://www.michiganradio.org/post/stateside-mi-s-electric-grid-problems-kids-and-past-pandemics-rep-meijer-afghanistan
Local 4 News WDIV Detroit By Grant Hermes and Dane Kelly August 12, 2021 https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan/2021/08/12/nearly-a-million-michigan-households-lose-power-why-does-this-keep-happening/
We are pleased to announce that Citizens Utility Board (CUB) of Michigan President Robert Nelson has been appointed to serve on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) North American Numbering Council (NANC), the recently re-chartered federal advisory committee that ensures there is fair and impartial numbering in telecommunications. Mr. Nelson will serve a two-year term on
Which is better: helping a lot of utility customers with their bills a little bit, or giving a lot of assistance to a smaller number of customers? That turns out to be a key question when looking at how Michigan implements the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) compared to how neighboring states implement
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In a recent op-ed in the Lansing State Journal, Citizens Utility Board (CUB) of Michigan Executive Director Amy Bandyk writes that it is “the utilities themselves,” rather than other alleged culprits like rooftop solar customers, that “have made our electricity more expensive and unreliable by failing to invest in the distribution system wisely.” What exactly
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Michigan Radio By Emma Winowiecki and Paulette Parker July 8, 2021 https://www.michiganradio.org/post/perfect-storm-poor-infrastructure-and-extreme-weather-are-leaving-michigan-vulnerable
Lansing State Journal By Amy Bandyk July 9, 2021 https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/opinion/contributors/viewpoints/2021/07/09/solar-opportunity-update-low-income-energy-assistance/7875448002/
A little over a year ago we were concerned about the pandemic causing thousands of utility customers to not be able to pay their bills, creating a huge backlog of customer debt. While we know that many of those fears did indeed come to pass, it has been difficult to determine the extent to which
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Consumers Energy’s integrated resource plan assesses various options for the utility to cost-effectively serve the electricity needs of customers through 2040. Latest News: On June 23, the MPSC approved a settlement agreement that ends debate over the IRP between Consumers Energy and a number of organizations involved in the case, including CUB, the Michigan Environmental
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Moving toward more affordable, reliable and clean energy is not just about where the energy comes from, be that wind, solar, natural gas, hydro or another source. Just as important is how to get the energy from where it is generated to the consumer. Most people have a basic understanding of how a wind turbine,
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