Demand Reliable, Affordable, and Clean Energy from DTE

DTE Energy, Michigan’s largest electric utility company, has a responsibility to provide reliable and affordable energy that doesn’t damage our health or climate. Unfortunately, DTE Energy has failed to live up to this responsibility. Frequent outages, record-breaking proposals to increase rates for customers, and sluggish investment in clean energy are all clear indications that DTE prioritizes profits over people.

Our state legislators cannot allow this to continue. Michigan needs energy providers that put the well-being of consumers its consumers customers first and ensure that the state’s electric power is reliable, affordable, and clean.This requires investing in local clean energy options such as renewable energy and battery sources, storage, and transmission to create a system less susceptible to disruptions while meeting the urgent need to transition to clean energy to ensure a livable climate for Michiganders.

Send a letter to your state legislators asking that they hold DTE Energy accountable for its failure to meet Michigan’s energy needs!

Call on Michigan state lawmakers to hold DTE accountable for recent outages.

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Our state legislators cannot allow this to continue. Michigan needs energy providers that put the well-being of its customers first and ensure that the state’s electric power is reliable, affordable, and clean.This requires investing in local clean energy options such as renewable energy and battery sources, storage, and transmission to create a system less susceptible to disruptions while meeting the urgent need to transition to clean energy to ensure a livable climate for Michiganders.

Send a letter to your state legislators asking that they hold DTE Energy accountable for its failure to meet Michigan’s energy needs!

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Subject Hold DTE accountable for outages

Dear Elected Official:

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I am writing to express my concern regarding DTE Energy's failure to deliver on its responsibility to provide reliable, affordable, and clean energy to its customers. The recent power outages resulting from ice storms across the state left over 600,000 DTE customers without power, and many residents without electricity for consecutive days.

In the face of widespread power outages affecting DTE customers across the utility’s service area, DTE is proposing record-breaking rate increases that threaten to raise energy bills for customers at a time when reliable service cannot be guaranteed. Many of these same customers are already struggling to make ends meet as the cost of living crisis continues to grow.

As your constituent, I urge you to hold hearings in the Senate and House energy committees to discuss rapid response for residents in need of relief and to evaluate solutions to better meet the needs of Michiganders, not the utility's bottom line. We cannot let DTE Energy continue to prioritize profits over the well-being of Michiganders.

Furthermore, I urge you to require utilities to compensate or refund customers more fairly for the harm caused by power outages and negligence on the part of the utility. DTE Energy's failures have resulted in significant harm to the people of Michigan, and the utility must be held accountable.

We need to ensure that our utilities are providing reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy to Michiganders. It’s clear that this recent extreme weather will not be the last time that the reliability of our electric grid is tested, and the need for solutions that prioritize Michigan’s wallets, health, and climate has never been greater. I urge you to take swift action to hold DTE Energy accountable and to protect the well-being of Michiganders.

Thank you for your attention to this critical issue.

Sincerely,

[First Name] [Last Name]
[Your Address]

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