Bridge Michigan By Kelly House February 23, 2021 https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/michigan-no-texas-it-has-grid-reliability-issues-its-own
CUB in the News: Michigan is no Texas, but it has grid reliability issues of its own Read More »
Approved return on equity: 9.9% Approved overall rate of return: 5.62% Approved revenue requirement increase: $31.7 million Approved residential class rate increase: 1.1% Requested return on equity: 10.5% Requested overall rate of return: 5.95% Requested revenue requirement: $225 million Requested residential class rate increase: 8.8% Time period: Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2022 (test year is 2019) Events: In December 2021, the MPSC
Consumers Energy Electric Rate Case U-20963 Read More »
WDIV Local 4 News at 6 p.m. By Grant Hermes February 19, 2021 https://www.clickondetroit.com/video/news/2021/02/19/michigan-has-energy-issues-but-risk-of-texas-style-blackout-is-low/
Midwest Energy News By Tom Perkins February 12, 2021 https://energynews.us/2021/02/12/midwest/line-5-pipeline-shutdown-adds-urgency-to-michigans-propane-heating-debate/
Approved return on equity: 9.9% Approved overall rate of return: 5.41% Approved revenue requirement increase: $84.17 million Approved residential rate increase: 9.75% Requested return on equity: 10.25% Requested overall rate of return: 5.59% Requested revenue requirement increase: $157 million Requested residential rate increase: 11.1% Time period: Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2022 Here are a few things we think are important
DTE Gas Rate Case U-20940 Read More »
We are about a year into COVID-19 and the pandemic, and while the toll it is having on the economy is as bad as ever, the protections for ratepayers have not gotten stronger in response. Quite the contrary—they are more meager than at the outset of the pandemic, when Michigan utilities like DTE and Consumers
CUB Witness Lays Out Plan To Help Utility Customers Through Winter In Time of COVID-19 Read More »
Approved return on equity: 9.9% Approved overall rate of return: 5.42% Approved revenue requirement increase: $30.56 million Approved residential class rate increase: <1% Requested return on equity: 10.25% Requested overall rate of return: 5.56% Requested revenue requirement: $388 million Requested residential class rate increase: 8.8% Time period: Nov 1, 2022 – Oct. 31, 2023 Events: In a Nov. 19 order, the
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It’s been about a year and a half since Michigan’s “wake-up call” moment for electric reliability: a summer 2019 day of devastating thunderstorms that led to catastrophic losses of power across the service territories of DTE and Consumers Energy. The incident focused attention on the Michigan utilities’ generally poor performance when dealing with power outages
Will New Regulations To Help Customers With Power Outages Get The Job Done? Read More »
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) on Dec. 17 ordered that Consumers Energy can raise rates on its electric customers by around $100 million for 2021, representing a nearly 60% cut of the utility’s original rate hike request. The MPSC’s order is broadly in line with a proposed decision by an administrative law judge that
PV Magazine By Jean Haggerty December 7, 2020 https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2020/12/07/michigans-solar-industry-awaits-order-in-consumers-energys-rate-case/
CUB in the News: Michigan’s solar industry awaits order in Consumers Energy’s rate case Read More »
