- Michigan’s big utilities also plan for you to just have less to use
Severe storms last weekend left some 600,000 DTE Energy and 250,000 Consumers Energy customers without power.
...“We understand your frustration as you try to go about your daily activities without power,” DTE said on Twitter.
...But as DTE and Consumers Energy implement their ideas for generating electricity in the future — called integrated resource plans — customers can likely expect lower levels of power reliability.
The electricity these plants provide will be replaced by a mix of renewable sources, including more industrial wind turbines.
The company will also import power from utilities in other states and Canada when the renewables can’t handle the demand.
Similarly, Consumers Energy recently announced a goal of getting 56% of its electric capacity through renewable sources.
It plans to do that by buying power from elsewhere and by requiring Michigan household and business customers to use less through demand response programs.
These may include voluntary incentives to use less power, but they can also involve mandatory reductions in energy usage, especially for commercial and industrial users.
As Consumers Energy anticipated last week’s heat wave, the company asked customers to keep their thermostats at 78 degrees to conserve its limited resources..."
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