DTE Energy
DTE executives enjoy incentive bonuses for performance
Oct. 15, 2024 PLYMOUTH VOICE Plymouth Michigan News Plymouth area residents weary of DTE’s baseless promises to improve electric reliability are now insulted by gluttonous executive bonuses despite customers suffering from some of the least reliable electricity in the country. An all-telling exposé published by MLive details how DTE
Electric rate hike request now under scrutiny by AG
Apr. 1, 2024 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News Recent outcry after DTE Energy announced their latest rate hike request has apparently caused alarm and provoked the ire of democratic Michigan Attorney General, Dana Nessel. Just months after the Michigan Public Service Commission granted DTE a $368 million rate increase
After years of neglect, energy giant DTE again unabashedly asks to raise rates
Mar. 29, 2024 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News OPINION After years of neglect and power outages, too numerous to count, often attributed to tree-trimming and not the infrastructure, DTE Energy unabashedly filed another rate increase request-four months after the last one was approved. This time claiming the funds
Undue influence from utilities – Da’ja vu
Dec. 9, 2023 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Mi OPINION Does the MPSC truly protect energy consumers? A ceremony last week in Lansing celebrated Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s approval of seven proposed green energy bills that immediately triggered a $368 million electric rate increase for DTE Energy customers, requested by the
Governor’s imposing green energy mandates slam DTE customers
Dec. 5, 2023 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News Plymouth residents can expect to pay premium prices for more blackouts and intermittent service By: Don Howard This week right after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed three proposed green energy bills, the strictest energy mandate in the nation-forcing transition from fossil
New DTE program pays customers to use home generators
Sep. 28, 2023 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News In recent years storms and limited power grid capacity have plagued tens of thousands of DTE Energy’s 2.3 million electric customers in Southeast Michigan. Ever-increasing power demands combined with old antiquated equipment and unpredictable weather conditions have regularly left DTE
DTE to raise rates – PAC money keeps lawmakers happy
Apr. 2, 2023 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News The reliable energy charade continues At the same time as Michigan lawmakers are scrambling to increase accountability for the state’s poor performing utilities following the lasting widespread power outages that crippled over 700,000 customers in recent weeks the Michigan Public
Powerful winter storm ushers in Christmas Holiday
Dec. 23, 2022 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News UPDATED STORM INFORMATION Arctic cold front that caused temperatures to plummet drop more than 50 degrees in some areas on Thursday is crashing through with high winds and blizzard conditions. The Arctic blast is restricting travel during the busiest week of
DTE struggles to restore power to Plymouth Township
Aug. 6, 2022 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News Three days after a rain and wind storm hit the Plymouth area electrical linemen are still working in Lake Pointe. Powerful winds in excess of 60 mph blew across the metro Detroit area on Wednesday afternoon causing widely scattered power outages.
Wasting Money on Windmills
Nov. 2, 2021 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News OPINION “All those millions of dollars could be used instead to meet other critical needs” In their latest monthly Customer Connections newsletter DTE Energy is touting the on-going construction of its newest $300 million wind park in mid-Michigan, known as