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Can Utilities Be Held Financially Liable For Outages?

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments ai generated art, ben dueweke, blizzard, caidi, climate, climate change, climate stressors on infrastructure, CMS, consumers, DTE, extreme weather, investor-owned utilities, maintenance, midjourney, midjourney ai, public utilities, sadie white coat, SAIDI, SAIFI, snowstorm, utilities, utility, utility industry, utility regulation, WACC, walker-miller energy services, weighted average cost of capital

In the aftermath of recent power outages that saw as much as 20% of the population of the state of Michigan without power, this article outlines some ideas on what specific things we should be asking about or thinking about in trying to hold utilities accountable.