Tag: DTE Energy
Michigan Utility Executives and Employees Increasing Political Contributions
An Energy and Policy Institute analysis of Michigan Secretary of State campaign data from 2007 through the first four months of 2018 identified at least $6.5 million in contributions from...
Soaring Pipeline Profits May Be Driving DTE Energy’s Proposed New Gas Plant; Creates Conflict of Interest
Flawed models suggest the company is prioritizing its gas subsidiary over the public interest
DTE Energy CEO Says Proposed Renewable Energy Standard Is Not Good For Renewables
A few days after it was announced that a petition process has started with the goal of having voters decide if Michigan utilities must have 30% of their power come...
Michigan’s utilities have a history of trying to block renewable energy increases like the one that could be on the ballot in November
A ballot campaign to increase Michigan’s state renewable energy standard (RES) is in the works. The proposal, led by a group called Clean Energy, Healthy Michigan, asks voters to double...
Electric utilities working with oil and gas companies on ‘advocacy’ efforts to counter environmentalists
The electric utility industry, through its trade association the Edison Electric Institute, has begun working with three other fossil fuel groups to push back against organizations that oppose increased natural...
Corporations Behind The Lawsuit Against The EPA
The coalition of lawyers suing the EPA is connected to some of the largest electric utility corporations in the country, and many want to remain hidden.
Michigan Renewable Energy Policies Attacked
In early 2015, Michigan Democrats presented a plan that doubles the state’s RES to 20% by 2022. In the announcement, State Senator Hoon-Yung Hopgood, the vice chairman of the Senate...