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CUB of Michigan’s Comments on the MPSC Statewide Energy Assessment

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Today, the Citizens Utility Board of Michigan filed the following comments on the Michigan Public Service Commission’s Statewide Energy Assessment (SEA). For background, here is what the MPSC’s website says about the SEA: MPSC Statewide Energy Assessment (SEA) Michigan experienced historically extreme cold weather from January 29, 2019 to February 1, 2019 due to a polar vortex. […]

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Northern States Power Co. – Wisconsin Integrated Resource Plan U-20599

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Northern States Power Company-Wisconsin serves electric and natural gas customers in the western portion of the Upper Peninsula that borders Wisconsin. It is owned by Xcel Energy, a large publicly-traded company headquartered in Minneapolis. The integrated resource plan (IRP) is intended to be a document that assesses various options to cost-effectively serve the electricity needs

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CUB in the News: DTE Still Working To Restore Power To Thousands; Michigan Fourth Worst In Restoration Time

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DTE Still Working To Restore Power To Thousands; Michigan Fourth Worst In Restoration Time WWJ News Radio 950 July 23, 2019 https://wwjnewsradio.radio.com/articles/dte-still-working-restore-power-thousands-michigan-fourth-worst-restoration-time   DTE Energy rate hikes among biggest in country — as reliability still lags Detroit Free Press By Keith Matheny August 5, 2019 https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/08/05/dte-energy-electric-rate-hikes/1900782001/   Study says Michigan ranks among slowest states at

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Shoreline in Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Why the UP Matters: Special Task Force on Upper Peninsula Energy Holds Its First Meeting

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The Upper Peninsula of Michigan has just over 300,000 people. That makes the entire peninsula less populated than each of the six largest counties in the Lower Peninsula. Most of the UP is closer to Wisconsin than to Lansing or Detroit. So why should those of us that live south of the Mackinac Bridge care

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DTE Electric Rate Case U-20561

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Approved return on equity: 9.9% Approved overall rate of return: 5.46% Approved revenue requirement increase: $188.285 million Requested return on equity: 10.5% Requested overall rate of return: 5.73% Requested revenue requirement: $351 million Latest News The MPSC approved DTE’s rate increase on May 8, 2020, but with major revisions of DTE’s original request: The revenue to be collected from customers was cut from

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Citizens Utility Board of Michigan Executive Director Amy Bandyk speaks at the Grand Rapids Clean Energy Forum on June 28, 2019. Charlotte Jameson, Michigan Environmental Council energy policy & legislative affairs director and board member for CUB of Michigan, is seated to Amy’s left, and Environmental Policy & Law Center Senior Attorney Margrethe Kearney is seated to Amy’s right.

How You Can Improve Utilities in Michigan – A Look at the 2019 Grand Rapids Clean Energy Forum

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The life of an energy consumer can feel powerless. Your rates go up every year. Your monthly bill is determined by an indecipherable, dizzyingly complicated tariff. You endure long hold times and leave ignored messages when you contact your utility. You constantly hear about how energy use is killing the planet and that fixing climate

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Members of the Public Make Their Voices Heard On DTE Energy’s Long-term Resource Plan

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DTE Energy is the only choice of electricity provider for the vast majority of its 2.2 million customers across Southeast Michigan. So it makes sense that so many residents of the area crowded a conference room in downtown Detroit on June 20 for a public forum held by the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) regarding

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