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CUB in the News: My Take: SEMCO needs fairer way to cover costs

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https://www.hollandsentinel.com/opinion/20190922/my-take-semco-needs-fairer-way-to-cover-costs Holland Sentinel By Robert Nelson, CUB President Also appeared in: Coldwater Daily Reporter: https://www.thedailyreporter.com/opinion/20190922/my-take-semco-needs-fairer-way-to-cover-costs Hillsdale Daily News: https://www.hillsdale.net/opinion/20190922/my-take-semco-needs-fairer-way-to-cover-costs?template=ampart The Monroe News: https://www.monroenews.com/opinion/20190922/my-take-semco-needs-fairer-way-to-cover-costs Ionia Sentinel-Standard: https://www.sentinel-standard.com/opinion/20190922/my-take-semco-needs-fairer-way-to-cover-costs Sturgis Journal: https://www.sturgisjournal.com/opinion/20190922/my-take-semco-needs-fairer-way-to-cover-costs The Sault News: https://www.sooeveningnews.com/opinion/20190922/my-take-semco-needs-fairer-way-to-cover-costs Bedford Now: https://www.bedfordnow.com/opinion/20190922/my-take-semco-needs-fairer-way-to-cover-costs

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Final Statewide Energy Assessment Has Good Ambitions But Will Require Quick Action

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 12, 2019 With the final Statewide Energy Assessment (SEA), the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) has acted promptly in response to fuel reliability concerns from this past winter. The Citizens Utility Board of Michigan has followed this process closely, as residential ratepayers need adequate protection from service outages and price spikes.

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Consumers Energy: Trying to Adapt to the Quickly-Changing Energy Landscape

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Last year, a survey found that 71% of utility company leaders believe that a “utility death spiral” is a real possibility without regulatory or other changes. The idea of a “death spiral” has been around for several years and broadly lays out a scenario in which customer adoption of distributed energy technologies that allow customers to use

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DTE Energy’s Long-Range Plan Fails Michigan Ratepayers

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For decades, many states have required their energy utilities to regularly submit long-term plans laying out what the utilities believe is the best way to provide reliable and cost-effective service to their customers. Known as “integrated resource plans” or IRPs, this planning process forces the utility to show what investments and strategies it will make

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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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