Bridge Detroit By Jena Brooker February 22, 2023 https://www.bridgedetroit.com/dte-seeks-another-rate-increase-citing-inflation-material-costs/
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In its newest rate case, filed earlier this month, DTE, the largest electricity provider in Michigan, proposes a 13.9% residential rate increase. That rate hike is among the biggest proposed by a Michigan utility in the past several years, but it also represents a slap in the face to DTE customers, as well as the Michigan
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is urging state regulators to open up lobbying activities by utilities to more oversight and transparency by instituting a slate of much-needed reforms that would help groups like CUB counteract the influence that utilities have had on the political and ratemaking process — often to the detriment of ratepayers. AG
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Approved return on equity: 9.9% Approved overall rate of return: 5.56% Approved revenue requirement increase: $368 million Approved residential class rate increase: 6.38% Requested return on equity: 10.25% Requested overall rate of return: 5.70% Requested revenue requirement: $619 million Requested residential class rate increase: 13.9% Time period: Dec. 1, 2023 – Nov. 30, 2024 Events: In response to the Dec. 1 MPSC
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In December, CUB released its latest edition of the annual Utility Performance Report. We already did a blog post summarizing some of the major findings in that report, but now we’d like to touch upon another area of the report that seems relevant given Gov. Whitmer’s recent State of the State address: the environmental impacts created by Michigan’s
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MLive By Sheri McWhirter January 20, 2023 https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2023/01/consumers-energy-okd-to-raise-electric-rates-must-double-rooftop-solar.html
Consumers Energy electric ratepayers will save millions due to a lower rate increase won through a settlement agreement struck between the company and intervening groups including the Citizens Utility Board of Michigan, the Michigan Attorney General and many others. The settlement, which was approved by the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) today (Jan. 19), also
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Detroit News By Amy Bandyk January 18, 2023 https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2023/01/19/move-away-from-natural-gas-to-lower-energy-costs/69819666007/
The electric grid is changing quickly, moving away from a centralized system of thermal power plants to a more distributed and renewable grid. One of CUB’s priorities is to make sure utility customers get a fair share of the benefits of this process or change, while also not having to cover an undue amount of
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Good news for Michigan utility customers! In a November post we explained the eyebrow-raising proposal from DTE to sell customers on a program where they could prepay a fixed amount for their electricity service, but be suddenly disconnected from service if the prepaid amount ran out. At its last meeting of 2022, on Dec. 21, the Michigan
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