Dispatches from the front lines of energy justice, healthy homes, and Detroit’s East Side — reported by the people doing the work.
For eight months, We Want Green Too has been in the intervention process — advocating for resident ratepayers against DTE Electric's $574 million proposed rate increase. Now an administrative law judge has weighed the evidence and made a recommendation to the MPSC.
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With the rapid rise of AI, there's been confusion and fear around the influx of data centers — and what they mean for environmental-justice communities.
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The Eastside Summit was hosted in service of District 3 through 5 residents by the District 4 and District 5 offices — putting policy in the community's hands.
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This month's Behind the Meter episode introduces the MPSC's newest commissioner — and what the leadership change means for Detroit.
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A new factsheet reveals Michigan ranks 11th worst for energy affordability in the country — squarely in the top quarter for energy burden.
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This month's Behind the Meter episode discussed the pervasive — and increasingly common — topic of utility scams, and how moratoriums could help.
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Did you know the Michigan Public Service Commission launched a podcast, Behind the Meter, earlier this year? This episode tackles propane.
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We Want Green Too joins the Mid-America Regulatory Conference with CEEN in Indianapolis — bringing community advocates into conversations they were long left out of.
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This month's Behind the Meter episode covered safe digging, hosted by the commission's chief — a practical look at staying safe underground.
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Host Mark Burn opens with a simple question — “What is a rate case?” Chair Scripps answers: “the bread and butter of what we do here.”
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“Understanding the Utilities We Regulate” features Commissioner Alessandra Carreon and the MPSC's longest-tenured employee, Paul Proudfoot.
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The Michigan Public Service Commission launched its podcast, Behind the Meter, at the start of the year. First up: meet the commissioners.
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Why do veterans get mesothelioma? Countless veterans suffer life-threatening illness from exposures they faced during their service.
Read storyIndependence, freedom, glory — peaceful and loving. May God bless the Republic.
Read storyOur prayers go to all our military families remembering loved ones who did not return home, but served.
Read storyIt has been a year with too many ups and downs to remember — yet we made it through, by the grace of God.
Read storyThis day is special — but so have all our days together, as we salute you, the bearers of light.
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Read storyVeterans Day 2020 — a year unlike any, filled with uncertainty, and with hope for what lies ahead.
Read storyToday we revisit 9/11 — and remember the families and first responders, and all that changed that day.
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