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Public Service Commission details reliability work, grants and new siting unit
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Michigan Public Service Commission Chair Dan Scripps described regulatory work to improve power reliability, implementation of 2023 energy laws, grant awards and the commission’s new renewable energy siting section, and outlined funding streams used to operate the agency.
Michigan Public Service Commission Chair Dan Scripps told the House Appropriations Subcommittee that the commission’s top priorities are reliability, fair rates and implementation of recent energy laws, and he reviewed staffing, funding sources and recent grant awards.
Scripps said the commission’s mission is “to serve the public by ensuring safe, reliable, and accessible energy and telecommunication services at reasonable rates.” He told lawmakers the commission is a creature of statute, issues orders through contested‑case processes, and that staff provide independent technical and legal analyses in every proceeding.
On reliability, Scripps pointed to improvements in outage minutes in 2024: he said Consumers Energy customers experienced an average of 21 fewer outage minutes compared with 2023 and that Consumers restored power to 93% of customers within 24 hours in 2024, up from 87% in 2023. He said DTE reported a 70% improvement in time without power in…
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