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Michigan’s Public Service Commission, via Chair Dan Scripps’ July 16 letter to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, urged lawmakers to end annual utility rate hikes and change how DTE Electric and Consumers Energy earn profits. It recommended multiyear performance-based rates, limits on capital bias, and changes to power-purchase bonuses and plant shutdown cost recovery, plus data center and virtual power plant rules. It cited $868M collected since 2019 and DTE/Consumers rate hikes of $242.4M/$276.6M plus lat

Utility Dive roundup covers US climate grants, state VPP and microgrid bills, and utility earnings and projects. It notes a divided appeals court blocked EPA efforts to reclaim $20B Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grants. It also cites Southern Co’s 17 GW large-load contracts, Eversource’s Q2 income drop, and PJM’s capacity backstop plan amid data-center demand.

Michigan Public Service Commission Chair Dan Scripps urged Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to seek legislation ending annual utility rate hikes and changing how DTE Electric and Consumers Energy earn profits. The MPSC recommends multiyear rate plans tied to reliability and affordability, limiting capital bias, adjusting power-purchase bonuses, and revising data center and transmission rules. It cites DTE and Consumers rate hikes totaling $242.4m and $276.6m, plus further requests.

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Michigan Public Service Commission will investigate why DTE Energy customers had outages lasting up to five days after a July 3 storm, and why Consumers Energy customers saw delayed restoration. The MPSC cited reliability and accurate outage-duration information. DTE did not comment. The article also links the probe to Michigan’s 2023 law requiring 100% renewables by 2040.