U-21291-0346

Overview

MPSC issued a multi-issue order establishing a reliability incentive/penalty framework for electric utilities, revoking Q Link’s ETC status, and granting DTE Gas rehearing to raise its rate increase to $115.61 million effective March 13, 2025.

Key Points

• •Commission adopted a Staff-developed reliability incentive/penalty mechanism with a $10 million annual cap in Case U-21400 and ordered DTE Electric and Consumers to file mechanisms by April 15, 2025.
• •MPSC revoked Q Link Wireless LLC’s ETC designation after DOJ and FCC actions over a $100 million Lifeline fraud scheme (Case U-16940).
• •Commission approved a Consumers Energy PPA for the 150-kW Manitou Farms Solar Plant at an estimated one-year cost of $12,665 (Case U-20604).
• •MPSC sought comments on revisions to utility customer data protection/sharing reporting templates in Case U-20959, with comments due March 20, 2025.
• •Commission approved DTE Electric’s 2022 PSCR reconciliation with nearly $30 million in disallowances and granted DTE Gas rehearing in Case U-21291, increasing its rate hike to $115.61 million.