Someone on Reddit is saying that #DTE locked their account and cancelled autopay because they complained to the Michigan Public Service Commission.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnnArbor/comments/164upq6/dte_locked_my_account_after_i_submitted_a/

#Detroit #AnnArbor #Michigan

Michigan regulators may tie utility earnings to grid reliability in ‘straw proposal’

from MLive.com
by Sheri McWhirter

#Michigan #DTE #ConsumersEnergy

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2023/08/michigan-regulators-may-tie-utility-earnings-to-grid-reliability-in-straw-proposal.html

5 Ann Arbor schools closed Monday, Aug. 28 due to power outages, other storm damage

from MLive.com
by Justin Engel

#AnnArbor #DTE

https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2023/08/5-ann-arbor-schools-closed-monday-aug-28-due-to-power-outages-other-storm-damage.html

Casa Vox spared this time, but carefully studying power bank reccos… https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-portable-power-stations/ In other news, #DTE is still trash.

Purple links. So many purple links.

#DTE

Deepest sympathies to everyone without power. It's frustrating that we can't do better. It sucks that we have to worry about this every time there's more than a stiff breeze.

#dte #storms #a2

May the force be with you. The electromagnetic force.

#AnnArbor #DTE

♫Summertime, and the living is easy.
Fish are jumping, and the cotton is high.
Oh, your daddy's rich, and your ma is good-looking.
So, hush, little baby, don't you cry.♫

#DTE

Pretty much just waiting for my power to go out for the 3rd time in two months (4th time this year).

#tornadowarning #waynecounty #Michigan #DTE #GlobalWarming

Ann Arbor dilemma: reset the oven clock when the power comes back on? Or wait until the storm has passed so that you don't have to do it multiple times?

#a2 #dte #thunderstorms #windy

CM Briggs says you have an opportunity to yell at #DTE.

http://a2gov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6305210&GUID=60665BD9-F114-4ECA-A65D-2E1573C23CFB&Options=&Search=

#A2Council

The city is doing a bunch of lobbying. They've got good bills about sustainable energy that they're advocating for. The Michigan legislature is all Dems now, so maybe ??????????

They're also doing some lobbying about accountability for #DTE. The city is also an intervener in cases about DTE.

City staff also attends technical conferences with DTE & state commissions.

They're pushing to add reliability as a factor when deciding how much DTE can raise rates.

#A2Council

DTE asked for roughly twice what it needed in rate increase, attorney general says in new filing

from MLive.com
by Jordyn Pair

#Michigan #DTE

https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2023/08/dte-asked-for-roughly-twice-what-it-needed-in-rate-increase-attorney-general-says-in-new-filing.html

Just got home from a $170 Meijer run. #DTE, please do not spoil my brats before I get a chance to eat them, please and thank you.

Ann Arbor to assess city’s response, costs for prolonged power outages

from MLive.com
by Hunter Bishop, Ryan Stanton

#Michigan #AnnArbor #DTE #ClimateChange

https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2023/08/ann-arbor-to-assess-citys-response-costs-for-prolonged-power-outages.html

DTE doesn’t answer fire department’s calls during outages, Ann Arbor chief testifies

from MLive.com
by Jordyn Pair

#Michigan #AnnArbor #DTE

https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2023/08/dte-doesnt-answer-fire-departments-calls-during-outages-ann-arbor-chief-testifies.html

‘We do not have to live like this.’ Ann Arborites air frustrations over DTE outages

from MLive.com
by Ryan Stanton

#Michigan #AnnArbor #DTE

https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2023/07/we-do-not-have-to-live-like-this-ann-arborites-air-frustrations-over-dte-outages.html

Power (and Internet) can back on (a day earlier than #DTE was predicting) just as my wife I were dealing with the contents of our refrigerator. Our strategy of "shove 60 pounds of ice in there and keep the door shut" saved a surprising amount of food, but the garbage disposal still got a pretty good workout afterwards.

Anyone know if #DTE has dumpsters in #AnnArbor for dumping rotten food? I don't love the idea of keeping it in my trash can until pickup on Friday.

Last year #Comcast Xfinity must have liked how #DTE made it harder to see how widespread an outage is with their "upgraded" outage map experience. The current Xfinity "outage map" literally shows one address at a time as having an outage. I'm not sure why they bother with the map...a customer already knows where their own house is 🤷🏼‍♂️