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Settlement Leads to 9% Rate Increase for Consumers Gas Residential Customers

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Michigan regulators have approved a settlement agreement that concludes Consumers Gas’s latest rate case, cuts the utility’s requested rate increase on residential customers by about half and provides additional assistance to low-income customers who are struggling to pay utility bills in the current economic climate. Residential ratepayers will see a 9% rate increase, compared to […]

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Michigan Regulators Approve Latest Rate Increase for DTE Gas Customers

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On Aug. 20 the Michigan Public Service Commission approved a settlement agreement that allows DTE’s natural gas utility to increase monthly bills for a typical residential customer by 3.9%, down from the 8.3% originally requested by DTE. The new rates will come into effect on Oct. 1, 2020. But just a few months later, in January, 2021,

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Consumers Energy’s Plan For the Electric Grid Shows Why Ratepayers Need A New Kind of Utility

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Electric utilities are often talked about as being in a state of transition, needing to adapt, move into the 21st century, and a host of other buzz terms. For example: the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) describes the purpose of Michigan’s MI Power Grid initiative as “to maximize the benefits of the transition to clean, distributed energy resources

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Commentary from CUB of MI in Energy News Network

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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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Press Release: Citizens Utility Board of Michigan Releases New Report On How To Protect Utility Customers and Improve Michigan’s Electric Grid

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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

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