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Territorio de servicio de Indiana Michigan Power

El caso Indiana Michigan Power tiene algunas victorias notables para los contribuyentes

Last week the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved a $17.3 million rate increase for electric customers of Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), which, while still too high, represents another example of the MPSC demanding greater accountability for Michigan utilities because the commissioners cut the rate hike by 50% compared to I&M’s initial request. “The MPSC

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Expediente de la Comisión de Servicios Públicos de Michigan sobre la respuesta a la pandemia de coronavirus (U-20757)

In testimony recently filed with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) on behalf of the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) of Michigan, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the National Housing Trust, expert witness Roger Colton, a consultant on utility issues for low-income customers, lays out in detail what should be done to help get

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Caso de tarifas eléctricas de DTE (U-21297)

While it may seem at first glance that more money will mean better grid performance, that has not been historically true. Research by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has “found no correlation between investor-owned utility distribution capital spending increases and reliability improvement the following year,” Wired Group President Paul Alvarez said in testimony filed in

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Oficinas de Consumers Energy en One Energy Plaza, Jackson

Plan de fiabilidad de la distribución de Consumers Energy: "Como construir una casa nueva en vez de arreglar el tejado

On March 1, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved Consumers Energy’s latest electric rate case with an order that cut the rate increase by about 45% compared to what the utility had proposed. During the MPSC’s meeting Commissioner Alessandra Carreon explained one reason why the utility did not get all the spending approved for cost recovery

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