“On Friday, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed testimony in DTE’s latest electric rate case, recommending a reduction of nearly 75 percent and millions in savings for Michigan ratepayers. DTE filed its request with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) in April seeking to hike rates for residential customers by 11 percent. The requested increase of more than $574 million was filed only three months after DTE received approval by the MPSC to increase rates by $217 million.”

“Attorney General Nessel urged the MSPC to slash the rate hike down to 2.5 percent for Michigan households, calling for a nearly 75 percent cut to the corporation’s current request to bill Michigan customers hundreds of millions more than they already pay on their electric bills. Her testimony includes recommendations to re-prioritize customer dollars toward vegetation management and tree trimming activities, which have shown to be much more successful at decreasing customer outages, as opposed to the higher cost capital expenses preferred by DTE for their higher profitability under the State regulatory framework,” says a press release from Michigan AG Dana Nessel’s office.

Weird that an attorney general can just do that to actually try to help voters save a few bucks to keep the lights on in their homes. Maybe the America attorney general could have a look at what Nessel’s up to and take some notes instead of raiding John Bolton’s house and dropping charges against a doctor who injected 2,000 children with saline water instead of the COVID vaccine.