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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solar power
Community Solar: Coming To A Michigan Near You?
DTE and CMS took the unusual step of tag-teaming a new announcement about community solar, a novel model for photovoltaic power generation development, in the Mitten state, where fossil fuels continue to dominate the generation mix.
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Solar Power and EV’s, If Your Local Grid Is Up For The Challenge
Power grids are complex things. Understanding the local grid capacity– as visualized by one mapping tool- can help us plan for things like rooftop solar or electric vehicle adoption.
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Centralization: Economy of Scale? Looming Disaster? Lil Bit of Both?
Streetcars, gas and water pipes, power lines, and other “invisible networks,” to borrow a line from the title of Ann Durkin Keating’s book, make up a vibrant history of infrastructure in which centralization vs. decentralization is a big debate.
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Epilogue from the Climate Leadership Conference: We Cannot Stop Asking The Tough Questions
The Climate Leadership Conference did a great job of bringing powerful stakeholders together. What it didn’t do such a great job of was asking tough questions of those stakeholders. But there is always opportunity to continue the dialogue.
Read MoreOntario Hydro vs. Michigan Coal: A Cross-Border Perspective on Energy Policy
Michigan’s neighboring state, also known as the Canadian province of Ontario, has been struggling for months with untenable increases in
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