Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is urging the state's two largest utility companies to proactively issue credits to electricity customers who lost power during last week's ice storm.
The Plymouth Democrat argued DTE Energy and Consumers Energy should have an electric infrastructure that can hold up during an ice storm, noting "winter weather is an expected occurrence in Michigan."
"Despite asking for record (rate) increases time and time again, our utilities have failed to adequately invest in their own infrastructure or prepare for these storm events, choosing instead to leave ratepayers in the dark," Nessel said in a statement. "Our current service quality standards are not sufficient, and it is incumbent on the utilities to right this wrong."
