News & Updates Jump to: Blog | CUB in the News Blog Consumers Energy to Raise Electric Rates, But By Much Less Than Expected December 27, 2021 CUB Releases Guide for Best Practices To Introduce EVs for Ratepayers December 20, 2021 CUB’s 2021 Utility Performance Report Shows That Michigan Residents and Businesses Pay High Rates for Poor Service December 13, 2021 Electric Reliability Must Be Improved Cost-Effectively November 17, 2021 Video Available for Michigan PSC Conference on Reliability and Outages November 2, 2021 Michigan Reps, GOP and Dem Alike, Call for Action About Power Outages at Hearing October 15, 2021 The Fix for Michigan’s Power Outage Problem Needs To Be More Ambitious Than What The Utilities Are Offering October 8, 2021 New MPSC Order Is Step Toward Turning Around Unacceptably Poor Electric Reliability August 26, 2021 MPSC To Move Faster on New Protections Following Outages, Commissioner Phillips Says August 19, 2021 Michigan, LIHEAP and Energy Affordability July 27, 2021 More Spending on the Grid Means Better Power? Not Always July 20, 2021 New Database Reveals Key Figures on Utility Customer Arrears and Shutoffs July 1, 2021 Previous Page1 Page2 Page3 Page4 Page5 Page6 Page7 Page8 Page9 Page10 Page11 Next CUB in the News Blowback from latest DTE outage surfaces on midterm campaign trail July 23, 2026 Michigan is now limiting utility shutoffs during extreme heat and cold. Is it enough? July 17, 2026 Powering Michigan’s Future: Whitmer Wants AI Data Centers To Protect Ratepayers. Consumer Advocates Say Voluntary Promises Aren’t Enough. July 17, 2026 DTE Energy customers irritated by long outages: ‘Just turn my ish on!’ July 8, 2026 Guide: How Michigan’s process for setting DTE, Consumers rates factors into midterms July 7, 2026 DTE asks for $474M rate hike while not paying federal income tax for over a decade June 16, 2026 Consumers Energy asks for $456 million rate hike, AG Nessel pledges to intervene June 3, 2026 Consumers Energy seeks $456M increase to its electric rates June 3, 2026 Dana Nessel plans to intervene as Consumers Energy requests $456M electrical rate increase June 3, 2026 Consumers Energy asks for largest electric rate increase in more than 20 years — again June 2, 2026 Upper Peninsula’s largest power company seeks $17M electric rate increase May 22, 2026 Oakland County wants to challenge DTE’s $474M rate hike request May 22, 2026 Previous Page1 Page2 Page3 Page4 Page5 Page6 Page7 Page8 Page9 Page10 Page11 Page12 Page13 Page14 Page15 Page16 Page17 Page18 Page19 Page20 Page21 Page22 Page23 Page24 Page25 Page26 Page27 Page28 Page29 Next Subscribe To Stay Up To Date Get the latest news on utilities in Michigan. Δ PhoneThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Email
