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MPSC Commission Issues Order Regarding DTE’s IRP

Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago

On Wednesday, the Michigan Public Service Commission issued an order regarding DTE Energy Company’s Integrated Resource Plan that rejected many aspects of their plan. They made recommendations for greater energy efficiency, utilizing the competitive market for renewable energy, and investigating an earlier retirement for the Belle River coal plant, just to name a few. Read more here. 

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ALJ Finds DTE's Long Term Plan Missed the Mark

Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago

MPSC Administrative Law Judge's Proposal for Decision finds that DTE Energy's Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) did not comply with many of Michigan's state laws. DTE's IRP spans five years and shows how DTE plans to meet the state's energy needs and then gives four recommended pathways that would continue throughout the next decade. ALJ Sally Wallace recommended that DTE fixes the issues in this IRP and come back with a new Integrated Resource Plan, regardless of whether or not the Commission approves its current IRP. The Commission should rule on DTE's IRP this spring.

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MPSC Approves sPower Agreements with Consumers Energy

Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago

On December 19, 2019, the Michigan Public Service Commission approved of four power purchase agreements between sPower, a solar power company, and Consumers Energy. The four agreements bring 75 megawatts of solar energy to Consumers Energy's portfolio.

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Olson, Bzdok & Howard, P.C. is Using 100% Renewable Energy

Posted in Energy & Climate , Firm News 1 year, 10 months ago

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