The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) is undergoing a rare review of the standards for electric service quality and reliability, two things that all Michigan households depend upon to have a high quality of life. The Citizens Utility Board (CUB) of Michigan is participating in a Workgroup of utilities and other stakeholders that are advising […]
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A settlement between Upper Peninsula Power Co. (UPPCO) – the largest energy provider in the UP – and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and other groups could clear the way for an impressive increase in the amount of renewable energy in the peninsula, as well as in the state as a whole. On Dec. 6,
Amid mass power outages this past summer in the DTE and Consumers Energy service territories, tens of thousands of Michigan residents learned the hard way that the state badly needs to update its basic standards for electric service. Also, after more recent power outages, DTE COO and President Trevor Lauer recognized in a Dec. 31 interview that
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Approved return on equity: 9.9% (10.5% originally requested by the utility) Approved residential rate increase: 9% (18.5% requested) Approved revenue requirement increase: $144.5 million for the period Oct. 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021 ($245 million requested). Part of the decline from $245 million is due to $84.5 million in accelerated amortization of deferred liabilities related to tax
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Gov. Whitmer’s task force has just over three months left to issue its initial report on propane – the fuel source that 25% of Upper Peninsula customers rely on as their primary source of heating to get through some of the most brutal winter conditions in the lower 48. Nationwide, somewhere around just 6% of
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SEMCO service territory highlighted in yellow above. Source: Michigan Public Service Commission. The Citizens Utility Board (CUB) of Michigan has good news for the over 275,000 residential customers of SEMCO Energy Gas Co, the third-largest natural gas utility in Michigan. SEMCO has reached a settlement with the state Attorney General, the staff of the Michigan
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Approved return on equity: 9.9% (10.5% requested by DTE in its original filing) Approved revenue requirement increase: $110 million ($203.8 million requested) Approved residential rate increase: 3.9% (8.3% requested) Events On Aug. 20 the MPSC approved a settlement agreement reached the previous month between DTE Gas and the following parties: the staff of the MPSC, Attorney General Dana Nessel,
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The 2019 report ranks Michigan utilities on measures of reliability, affordability and environmental impact.
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This summer the Lansing Board of Water and Light (LBWL) filed with state regulators its Energy Waste Reduction plan for 2020 and 2021. This plan lays out what the municipal utility will spend on its whole suite of programs to help customers cut their energy use. Specifically, LBWL projects a total annual budget for energy waste reduction
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MiBiz: West Michigan Business News By Andy Balaskovitz October 20, 2019 https://www.mibiz.com/sections/energy/whitmer-mpsc-initiative-prioritizes-grid-modernization-in-clean-energy-transition
