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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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Businesses, clean energy and ratepayer advocates demand state regulators support affordable, clean energy

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DTE’s long-term energy plan draws widespread criticism at Detroit public hearing DETROIT – Clean energy businesses, ratepayer advocacy organizations, conservation leaders and more today called on the Michigan Public Service Commission to ensure DTE Energy makes clean, renewable energy a focus of its long-term energy plan. “Solar and other clean energy options can affordably and

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Upper Peninsula Energy Issues Are In a State of Flux, and the Future of the U.P.’s Utility Customers Is At Stake

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The fate of utility customers in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is approaching a crossroads. Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline, which supplies a significant amount of U.P. customers’ liquid propane for heating, is facing possible shutdown as the result of a dispute over the viability of the line. Meanwhile, solar power has been taking off in the U.P.

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SEMCO Gas Rate Case U-20479

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Approved return on equity: 9.87% Requested return on equity: 10.5% Approved revenue requirement increase: $19.9 million Requested revenue requirement increase: $38.1 million Here are a few things we think are important for you to know about this case if you are a SEMCO customer: SEMCO had requested a 14% increase in residential rates, but residential rates will instead increase

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UPPCO Residential Customers Spared Massive Rate Hike in Settlement Agreement

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, May 23, 2019 LANSING – The Citizens Utility Board of Michigan (CUB of MI) today applauds the outcome of an approved settlement agreement sparing residential customers a massive rate hike originally proposed by the Upper Peninsula Power Company in UPPCO Rate Case U-20276 before the Michigan Public Service Commission. UPPCO originally

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DTE rate increase hits residential customers hardest

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LANSING – The Citizens Utility Board of Michigan (CUB of MI), an organization advocating for Michigan residential ratepayers, today issued the following statement regarding the Michigan Public Service Commission’s approval of a rate increase by DTE Energy. “At a time when Michigan residents have the highest electricity costs in the Midwest, this rate increase hits residential customers

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DTE Electric Company’s Integrated Resource Plan (U-20471)

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DTE Energy is the largest electric utility in Michigan, serving about 2.2 million customers in southeastern Michigan. The integrated resource plan (IRP) is intended to be a document that assesses various options to cost-effectively serve the electricity needs of customers over the next 20 years. DTE Energy, U-20471 Latest News On April 15, 2020, the

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