During a heated public meeting last Friday, Michigan’s top energy regulator granted the Canadian company Enbridge Energy a permit to build a new pipeline and tunnel under the environmentally sensitive Straits of Mackinac, in an important but not final step in the controversial project’s.
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DTE Energy and Consumers Energy say their systems are more reliable after severe outages this year. But with extreme weather increasing from climate change, they’re looking at additional funding options such as customer surcharges or bonds.
Last week, the commission approved a rate increase for DTE Energy customers and greenlit the construction of a tunnel for Enbridge's Line 5 oil pipeline.