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Citizens Utility Board of Michigan Applauds MI Power Grid Initiative

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 17, 2019 Contact: Amy Bandyk – [email protected] Earlier today, Governor Whitmer and the Michigan Public Service Commission announced a new initiative “designed to guide Michigan residents and businesses through the energy industry’s rapid changes in the transition to clean energy” called MI Power Grid. Based on what we have seen so

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SEMCO Gas Proposed Rate Increase Shows Warning Signs Ratepayers Should Watch

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SEMCO service territory highlighted in yellow above. Source: Michigan Public Service Commission. SEMCO Energy Gas Co. is not nearly as big of a name as DTE or Consumers Energy, but all Michigan residential ratepayers should take note of the latest rate increase request from SEMCO – the third-largest natural gas utility in Michigan. This case

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Upper Peninsula Task Force Examines Potential Solutions to Region’s Energy Shortages

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The Upper Peninsula (UP) Energy Task Force, formed in June by an order from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, has spent its first few meetings studying the lay of the land of the Upper Peninsula. Now, the Task Force is in its very early stages of determining the potential paths forward for the UP’s energy problems. The goal is to help the region

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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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