U-21291-0333

Overview

The City of Ann Arbor replied to DTE Gas’s and MNSC’s exceptions in U-21291, backing a $62 million Main Replacement Program disallowance, opposing DTE’s Gas Renewal Program, and seeking any Future of Heat docket be coordinated with depreciation case U-21384.

Key Points

• •Ann Arbor supported the PFD’s recommended $62 million reduction to DTE’s Main Replacement Program capital expenditures.
• •The City argued DTE’s Gas Renewal Program is excessively costly and should be replaced by targeted leak repair and necessary replacements only.
• •Ann Arbor warned that DTE’s position could allow multiple collections from ratepayers for the same main replacement miles.
• •The City responded to MNSC’s call for a Future of Heat docket but asked for clear goals, timelines, and consistency with Case No. U-21384.
• •Ann Arbor highlighted ALJ Wallace’s findings on decarbonization-related asset obsolescence in U-21384 as a legal basis for broader gas transition planning.