LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan Legal professional Common Dana Nessel is reaffirming her stance in opposition to Customers Power’s intention to extend pure gasoline charges this December.
The Michigan Public Service Fee (MPSC) requires utility corporations to ship a discover of their intent to extend charges a minimum of 60 days earlier than submitting the case.
In keeping with the Workplace of the Legal professional Common, Customers Power’s submitting, which was submitted on October 16, was issued lower than a month after the fee permitted a $157.5 million enhance within the pure gasoline price.
“We can’t hold permitting these utilities to deal with these hikes as enterprise as typical whereas their prospects battle to pay their payments,” stated Nessel in a information launch despatched to six Information.
“Michigan’s utility firms should be held accountable to their prospects as they search these incessant price hikes.”
In keeping with the Workplace of the Legal professional Common, the current price hike requests from DTE and Customers Power have included prices as personal jet journey for govt employees and different “unsupported expenditures.”
A abstract of the brand new price hike request is anticipated to be offered previous to the formal utility, which Customers Power signifies can be filed in December.
