U-21534-0553

Overview

The Michigan Public Service Commission reported its approval of DTE Electric’s expedited pilot workplan for new grid and DER technologies, approval with modifications of Consumers Energy’s 2022 PSCR reconciliation, and partial granting of rehearing petitions in DTE Electric’s U-21534 rate case.

Key Points

• •Approved DTE Electric’s workplan for expedited review of pilot programs in five focus areas including grid reliability, DER integration, and decarbonization (Case U-21653).
• •Approved Consumers Energy’s 2022 PSCR reconciliation with a $415,514,140 underrecovery balance as the 2023 beginning balance (Case U-21049).
• •Granted biomass merchant plants $16,369,443 in capped costs and $10,249,098 in uncapped costs in the PSCR case.
• •Partially granted and partially denied intervenor rehearing petitions, and denied DTE Electric’s own petition, in its rate case authorizing a $217.38 million revenue increase (Case U-21534).