power outages

Budget woes hit the Detroit Downriver suburb of Ecorse, following the cougars of Michigan, upgrading the state's power grid and supply and updates on the damage caused by ice storms in the Upper Peninsula.

We're using more power, some of the electric grid is a century old, and severe storms caused by climate change are battering the distribution system, all while trying to make the transition to renewable power and clean energy.

The governor also expanded a state of emergency declaration to add Alcona and Antrim counties as thousands are still without power.

The report examined shutoff data for six U.S. utilities, including DTE. It found that in 2024, the company shut off power to delinquent customers more than 150,000 times.

Today, DTE’s track record under the microscope, with a rate hike request under consideration by the state.We’ll talk to a journalist who reviewed all the documents related to the request. Also, writer Erin Craig, whose fantasy novels evoke new worlds in luminous, cinematic detail. Her latest book, "The Thirteenth Child," features a personification of death as a deeply fallible immortal.

An independent audit confirmed other reports finding that DTE Energy and Consumers Energy have worse-than-average storm outage response track records.

Consumers Energy and DTE Energy reported about 350,000 outages Tuesday evening after a line of thunderstorms swept through the Lower Peninsula.

DTE Energy is asking for a waiver to a state rule that would require it to automatically credit customers who are hit by long or repeated power outages.

The Michigan Attorney General’s office has launched a website to help people track power outages and whether they are due a credit or a refund for lost service.

The Michigan Attorney General’s office has launched a website to help people track power outages and whether they are due a credit or a refund for lost service.