CUB has been arguing for years that a key part of the solution to Michigan’s problem of poor electric reliability and high energy costs for customers has to be performance-based regulation: rules that hold utilities accountable by financially penalizing them if they fail to perform well on metrics like the number of outages. Now, the […]
July 26, 2023 By Amy Bandyk Executive Director Citizens Utility Board (CUB) of Michigan ******************************** “DTE’s integrated resource plan shows that the company will support clean energy only if it can also saddle ratepayers with unnecessary profit for shareholders from coal plant retirements at the same time. The IRP settlement agreement that the MPSC is
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New expert witness testimony filed in DTE’s latest electric rate case exposes how the utility’s proposed rate hike, one of its biggest ever, does not deliver value to customers and fails to take the steps needed to turn around DTE’s abysmal record on reliability. This rate case is another example of how Michigan’s utility regulatory system
Testimony in DTE Rate Case Shows That Historic Rate Hike Is Not Justified Read More »
Approved return on equity: 9.9% Approved overall rate of return: 5.85% Approved revenue requirement increase: $92 million Approved residential class rate increase: 1.61% Requested return on equity: 10.25% Requested overall rate of return: 6.11% Requested revenue requirement increase: $216 million Requested residential class rate increase: 3.3% Time period: Feb. 2024 – Feb. 2025
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Michigan Advance By Jon King March 27, 2023 https://michiganadvance.com/blog/mpsc-oks-higher-compensation-for-residents-after-power-outages/
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Detroit Free Press By Keith Matheny March 22, 2023 https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/03/22/dte-consumers-energy-power-outage-blackout/70030246007/
MLive By Sheri McWhirter March 22, 2023 https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2023/03/michigan-utilities-will-need-to-restore-power-faster-under-proposed-state-rules.html
Planet Detroit By Brian Allnutt March 23, 2023 https://planetdetroit.org/2023/03/can-michigans-troubled-utilities-handle-the-climate-crisis/?
CUB in the News: Can Michigan’s troubled utilities handle the climate crisis? Read More »
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) held three town hall meetings this week where they heard hours of testimonials, many of them filled with outrage, about the recent severe power outages. Along with the Michigan House committee hearing last week and a Michigan Senate committee hearing on March 23, the response to the performance of DTE Energy
After the recent severe power outages across southeast Michigan, many Michigan lawmakers called for answers from DTE and Consumers Energy for their unacceptably poor electric service. The first major step in getting those answers came at a lengthy hearing of the Michigan House Energy, Communications and Technology Committee on March 15. Among those who testified were representatives
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