The COVID-19 pandemic is revealing many gaps in emergency preparedness and disaster mitigation across the country. In the world of energy, some of the biggest potential emergencies stem from problems with the reliability of the electric grid, such as frequent blackouts. As has been reported several times, the pandemic, which has caused significant shifts in electric demand […]
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In the current economic crisis, each monthly bill becomes a bigger weight on the average Michigan household. As incomes fall, necessities like paying for electricity eat up more and more of a household’s budget. So it is more important than ever that ratepayers are getting adequate service in return for their money. A new report
Energy News Network By Robert Nelson / Citizens Utility Board of Michigan July 8, 2020 https://energynews.us/2020/07/08/midwest/commentary-michigan-needs-reliable-electricity-more-than-ever/
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Lansing State Journal By Carol Thompson July 5, 2020 https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/restricted/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lansingstatejournal.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2F2020%2F07%2F06%2Fpower-outage-credit-dte-consumers-bwl%2F3266267001%2F
Energy News Network By Kari Lydersen July 2, 2020 https://energynews.us/2020/07/02/national/utility-efficiency-programs-offer-model-to-merge-climate-racial-justice-solutions/
Planet Detroit By Jena Brooker June 25, 2020 https://planetdetroit.org/2020/06/dte-gas-announces-plan-to-go-net-zero-by-2050-activists-skeptical/
CUB in the News: DTE Gas announces plan to go ‘net zero’ by 2050; activists skeptical Read More »
The Upper Peninsula Energy Task Force turned its attention in May and June meetings to studying the grid that delivers electricity to homes and businesses in the UP – the power generation assets (power plants, etc.) and the transmission and distribution lines that crisscross the peninsula. This work encompasses the second charge in Executive Order 2019-14 from
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Bridge Magazine By Tom Perkins June 10, 2020 https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/who-pays-michigan-utilities-coronavirus-costs-customers-or-investors
CUB in the News: Who pays Michigan utilities’ coronavirus costs: customers or investors? Read More »
Earlier this week the Michigan state government announced measures that will help low-income ratepayers deal with the imminent removal of certain protections utilities have been offering since the pandemic began in March. This move will mitigate at least some of the economic harm when, as CUB blogged about last month, a “backlog” of unpaid bills built up over this
State Issues Additional Aid for Low-Income Utility Customers – Is It Enough? Read More »
The Union of Concerned Scientists has a new study that argues that the incredibly complex wholesale electricity markets in the U.S. have loopholes that are creating heavy costs for ratepayers of regulated electric utilities like DTE Energy and Consumers Energy. This is a very complicated issue that is indecipherable for many people (as is common in utility manners). But
