Give Me Something To Work With, DTE!
DTE Energy truly offers the worst of both worlds– high prices and little to show for it in terms of reliability, energy efficiency, or clean energy.
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Michigan SB 271: Not-So-Lofty Goals Face Off Against Fossil Fuels
Michigan’s Senate is currently working on an energy bill that would require utilities to adopt a 100% renewable portfolio standard by 2035. It’s a good start, but there are a few holes that need to be plugged.
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Can Utilities Be Held Financially Liable For Outages?
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.
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The Anatomy of a Power Outage in Michigan
The power went out. Then the ice melted. A few days later, the snow came, and the power went out– again. Now that the snow is gone, what’s next?
Read MoreWant To Municipalize Your Utility? I Mean, Really?
DTE Energy is a disaster, as evidenced by its continued embrace of fossil fuels and its apocalypse-level outages. That doesn’t mean that a public option could do better. But there are some options for improving.
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Oakland County Approves Universal SMART Millage For Fall Ballot
It’s official: Oakland County will have an opportunity to vote on transit investment in the fall! Such was the determination
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MDHHS and LIHEAP: We’ll Pay For Fossil Fuels. Weatherization, Not So Much.
At an MPSC workgroup meeting this morning on Energy Waste Reduction specifically for the low to moderate income (LMI) market
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Better Utility Regulation: How We Can Get Out Of This Mess
Too much regulation restricts innovation. But too little regulation does the same, and this is what we see in the crumbling infrastructure of Michigan, where regulators are asleep at the wheel in the name of a “business-friendly regulatory” environment that, as it turns out, is neither terribly regulatory nor terribly business-friendly.
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Consumers Energy: Bests DTE And Even Saves Endangered Turtles
Endangered turtles return to restored wetlands along a new fossil gas pipeline that cuts through mid-Michigan.
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Durable, Illiquid, Efficient, and Thoroughly Unsexy: Building Envelopes vs. Climate Change
Building envelope retrofits aren’t very flashy. But they’re a crucial way to address the climate crisis.
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