Michigan AG Saved Customers of Electric Utility over $2 Million

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Michigan Attorney General Dana AG Nessel announced that as a result of her office’s litigation and advocacy in a case against Consumers Energy Company, the Michigan Public Service Commission ruled that the company cannot charge customers to compensate for lost profits resulting from an outage at one of its generation plants, which occurred due to “the company’s own unreasonable and imprudent practices.” In total, this resulted in about $2 million in savings for consumers. In a statement, AG Nessel said: “Ratepayers in Michigan shouldn’t bear the burden of mismanagement or poor decision making of the company, and I’m glad the commission agreed with our argument. On behalf of Michigan electricity consumers, we’re winning more transparency from our utility corporations by our advocacy in these commission filings. We will continue to advocate in all utility cases in the state to deliver a transparent and fair process and product for ratepaying Michigan residents that support these utility corporations with no other options to shop from.”