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February 27, 2026
LANSING — Today, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel reaffirmed her commitment to protecting ratepayers, pledging once again to intervene in all major rate cases before the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC). The announcement from the Attorney General comes as DTE entered a “Filing Announcement” earlier this week, formally and publicly announcing its intent to seek yet another electric rate hike “on or around April 27, 2026.”
DTE’s announcement, submitted to the MPSC on February 24, was issued a mere five days after the MPSC approved a $242.4 million electric rate hike. Since 2020, the MPSC has approved more than $1 billion in annual revenue increases for DTE, despite continued reliability and affordability concerns.
While it remains unknown how many additional millions of dollars DTE will seek to bill its customers in this upcoming rate hike request, in its previous case, the utility sought a rate hike of $574 million, which would have increased residential rates by 11%. A summary of the new rate hike request is expected to be filed before the formal application, which the utility indicates will be filed in April.
“It’s astonishing that our current system allows DTE to announce their next rate hike case less than one week after locking in a $242 million rate hike, all while the utility projects record profits,” said Attorney General Nessel. “How many times are Michigan families expected to reach deeper into their pockets to bankroll record profits and shareholder dividends for DTE and Consumers Energy’s Wall Street investors, while reliability and affordability remain out of reach? The Michigan Public Service Commission must wake up to the impacts their constant rate hike approvals are having on utility ratepayers across our state. My office will continue to advocate for the best interests of utility customers in every major case, whether it’s new stunning rate hikes or secret data center contracts.”
Recent rate hike requests from DTE and Consumers Energy have included such inappropriate costs as private jet travel for executive staff and other unsupported expenditures that could not be demonstrated to be reasonable or prudent. Rate hike cases currently open before the MPSC include DTE’s latest natural gas rate hike request (U-21973), as well as Consumers Energy’s electric rate hike request (U-21870) and natural gas rate hike request (U-21981).
Still pending before the Commission is Attorney General Nessel’s motion to reopen DTE’s application for approval of two special contracts to service an anticipated hyperscale AI data center in Saline Township, citing DTE’s failure to fully agree to conditions meant to protect its customers from subsidizing the costs to service the data center. The Attorney General asserts the matter must be reopened and subjected to a contested case proceeding because DTE failed to accept the Commission’s conditions. Attorney General Nessel discussed the matter in a video released earlier this month. Also pending before the Commission is Attorney General Nessel’s petition for rehearing in the same data center contract case, challenging the statutory authority of the Commission to approve these special contracts without a contested case hearing and requesting a rehearing in this matter.
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