Michigan utility DTE Electric Co. filed a $344 million rate hike request with the Michigan Public Service Commission on Feb. 3. While the rate hike would increase residential utility bills, it would slightly decrease those for commercial and industrial customers, according to a Feb. 2 news
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Photo: The completed solar array at General Motors' Warren Transmission plant, provided by DTE Energy. In partnership with General Motors Co., Detroit-based utility holding company DTE Energy Co. on Oct. 31 announced the completion of a 900-kW solar array at one of the automakers metro Det
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The city of Detroit and the electric utility that serves it, DTE Electric Co., have teamed up to make the business case for installing energy saving equipment even more convincing for local businesses. The electric utility's parent company, DTE Energy Co., announced Nov. 3 that it will be
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Reaching a last-minute compromise, Michigan lawmakers on Dec. 15 passed long-sought-after reforms to the state's energy policies that will increase the renewable energy mandate and maintain the state's retail electric choice program. Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has supported the revisions
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Photo of a portion of DTE's 200,000 solar panel project in Lapeer, Mich., provided by DTE Energy. Two large Detroit-area energy users have expressed interest in a new program being offered to business and residential customers of DTE Energy that want to increase their use of clean energy.
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“There is no sucker's choice between a healthy environment and a healthy economy, although it often gets framed that way,” the CEO of Michigan's largest utility holding company said this week. "We can have both as we attack this problem, as long as we do it in a smart way."Gerry And
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Artist rendering of Ford's plans for its new product campus provided by Ford. Ford Motor Co. is expecting to see drastic cuts in energy use at its research and engineering center in Dearborn, Mich., through the implementation of a series of efficient generation and management systems created by
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Ford Motor Company will soon power several of its Michigan facilities with 100% locally sourced renewable energy. The company also plans to announce a new Global Carbon Reduction Strategy, which will focus on renewable energy in conjunction with the launch of the company’s 20th annual Sus
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General Motors announced an agreement to purchase 300,000 megawatt hours of wind energy through DTE Energy’s MIGreenPower program. The energy sourced will be enough to power 100% of GM’s global technical center in Warren and their Detroit-based operations at the Renaissance Center.
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The University of Michigan has committed to purchase approximately 200,000 megawatt hours of renewable energy annually beginning in 2021. The deal puts the University on track to reduce GHG emissions significantly by powering about half of the purchased electricity for the Ann Arbor campus with Mich
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The Detroit Zoo will use only Michigan-made renewable energy by late 2020. The energy, purchased through DTE Energy's MIGreenPower program via three new wind parks coming online next year, will reduce carbon dioxide by 7,425 metric tons, equal to the carbon sequestered by 8,740 acres of U.S. fo
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Shiloh Industries will begin to power three of its Michigan facilities with 100% renewable energy following a commitment made to a Michigan clean power program.The global supplier of lightweighting, noise and vibration technology within the automotive industry joined DTE Energy’s MIGreenPower
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General Motors announced April 20 a partnership with DTE Energy to source 500,000 MWh of solar energy into their electricity supply.Under the deal, the solar power will be sourced through DTE Electric’s MIGreenPower program, which is available to all of DTE’s customers to increase the pe
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The University of Michigan’s Office of Sustainability has announced that local renewable energy companies will soon provide the university with half its electricity needs. By the end of 2021, the university is projected to reduce its GHG emissions by 25% since 2011 - achieving its 2025 goal fo
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Ford Motor Company will be able to source all its electricity supply in Michigan to clean energy by 2025, a major step toward Ford’s goal to reach carbon neutrality. DTE will add 650 MW of new solar energy capacity in Michigan for Ford by 2025. The purchase is a strategic investment in Mi
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