ANN ARBOR - The artificial intelligence boom has a physical footprint — and it’s far larger than most people realize. Behind every AI model and cloud service are massive data centers operating 24/7, consuming enormous amounts of electricity. Once invisible to consumers, these facilities are now reshaping power grids, utility planning, and political debates nationwide.
LANSING - The Public Service Commission announced Thursday it has begun a process for public input on the five-year distribution plans for three electric utilities. Distribution plans and investment maintenance plans for Consumers Energy Company, DTE Electric Company and Indiana Michigan Power Company are to be filed with the PSC and will be available for
LANSING - A set of rules were adopted by the Public Service Commission Thursday that are meant to address potential disputes between wholesale and retail telecommunications providers in the event customers could lose their phone service. The rules are intended to allow landline customers time to find a new carrier if a dispute between providers
LANSING - The state's 13 investor-owned utilities will provide the Public Service Commission with calculations for rate reductions to pass along to ratepayers as a result of the new federal tax law and as part of a three-part process the commission rolled out Thursday. By March 30, nine of the 13 utilities will be required
LANSING - The surprising announcement some two weeks ago that Consumers Energy would end an agreement to by electric power from the Palisades nuclear plan has led the Public Service Commission on Tuesday to call on the utility to provide additional information on its decision. In its call for more information, the PSC has also
LANSING - The estimated renewable energy percentage is expected to exceed the 10 percent requirement, a report released Friday by the Public Service Commission shows. The PSC's sixth annual report on the implementation of the state's renewable energy standard of 10 percent by 2015 showed already 9.1 percent of the state's electricity had been generated
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission and DTE Electric Company reached an agreement to allow the utility to hike its electric rates by $238.2 million annually - resulting in an increase of $8.22 monthly for residential customers using 500 kilowatt-hours of electricity a month. The new rates are effective Dec. 17. The increase is
