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Dte Power Outages

2026-07-14 Issue 114 Showing 1–1 of 1

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Rashida Tlaib

Democrat 5:50 p.m.

“I don't like DTE. They had power outages and raised rates. I want the government to stop them. I want to pass a bill to make DTE pay.”

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Mr. Speaker, shame on DTE. Shame on DTE for throwing swag bags to my residents after they went through 4 days without power. Shame on DTE for increasing our rates just a few months ago to $242 million and then 2 months later ask us for another $474.3 million increase. Shame on you for allowing 400,000 of our families to be without power. We have the most unreliable service in the region, yet we pay the highest rates. Shame on them for throwing a $42 reimbursement for spoiled groceries and spoiled medicine, especially when grocery and drug prices have increased. We can't even rely on DTE to get us through the summer storms. This was a 20-minute storm. Shame on DTE for profiting off our pain. To my residents, I say: It doesn't have to be like this. The Michigan Public Service Commission needs to stop approving DTE rate increases and instead hold DTE accountable. I introduced the Make DTE Pay Act just for that. Make them pay for polluting our water and our air while hiking up our customer rates.

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