U-21291-0344

Overview

MPSC Staff opposed rehearing petitions by DTE Gas, ABATE, and Michigan Power Limited Partnership in DTE Gas’s U-21291 rate case, arguing the Commission’s November 7, 2024 order on uncollectibles, transportation rate design, and Gas-in-Kind was supported by the record.

Key Points

• •Staff argued the November 7, 2024 order’s test year and authorized returns were well-supported.
• •Staff defended the Commission’s adoption of Staff’s uncollectibles (UCX) methodology and related disallowance.
• •Staff maintained that excluding certain revenues, including EWR-related amounts, from UCX projections was reasonable.
• •Staff disputed ABATE’s and MPLP’s claims of legal error and unintended consequences in transportation rate design.
• •Staff stated that the rehearing petitions largely repeated arguments already rejected by the Commission.