U-21291-0337

Overview

DTE Gas Company replied to other parties’ exceptions to the PFD in its U-21291 gas rate case, supporting Staff’s calculation corrections while defending a $6.94 billion rate base, projected test year, capital structure, and proposed rate design and low-income assistance programs.

Key Points

• •Company addressed challenges from Staff, ABATE, Ann Arbor, AG, environmental and customer advocates, and MPLP
• •DTE Gas agreed with MPSC Staff’s corrections to the PFD’s underlying calculations
• •Filing defended projected test year, routine and large capital expenditures, and Infrastructure Recovery Mechanism spending
• •Company supported its proposed capital structure, risk premium, and decarbonization-related return arguments
• •DTE Gas maintained positions on cost of service, methane leak detection, environmental justice, and customer charge design