Reposted by Institute of Public Utilities at Michigan State University
Michigan's utility regulator has proposed steps to contain rising costs & break the "seemingly endless litigation over rates." The article below features insightful commentary from two longtime @ipu-msu.bsky.social guest instructors, Mark Newton Lowry and Paul Alvarez.
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utilitydive.com
Affordability concerns drive momentum for performance-based ratemaking
Michigan is among the states weighing reforms to rate case planning and utility profits. Experts and stakeholders told Utility Dive what works — and what doesn’t.
![But data centers remain “a very hot topic in Michigan,” said Erik Nordman, director of the Institute of Public Utilities at Michigan State University. “There’s a lot of investment that needs to go into the [energy] distribution system to make it more reliable, and that’s happening at a time when there’s interest in data centers and growing demand.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l4j6u4j2tq7qhhy2ncmcsaac/bafkreicscdsrvhvf425ytudby7wxqjdis24v6qht2rbjjkntwlr4vyfzaq)
