Lucas Smolcic Larson

Most Michigan voters don’t want a data center in their backyard. But that opposition softens with safeguards in place, like a guarantee that the power-hungry facilities won’t hike electric rates.

The utility announced a $1.6 billion agreement to procure grid-scale battery systems manufactured in Holland and deploy them as major AI data centers come online.

Executives of construction firms and utilities poised to profit from the AI data center boom say Michigan risks losing out on billions in investment, but projects remain unpopular.

Utility customers of both DTE Energy and Consumers Energy pay more for power during peak afternoon and early evening hours beginning June 1.

An anonymous website promotes a data center project, but township officials say no plan has been discussed. “It’s just very secretive," said one resident.

The $456 million rate increase request comes on the heels of the utility wining permission to implement its largest power rate hike in more than two decades in March.

Two employees in Sheriff Alyshia Dyer's human resources department have each claimed they were terminated after being asked to rubberstamp unqualified applicants for police positions and raising concerns.

Sheriff Alyshia Dyer hired a former romantic partner to coordinate HR when she took office. Now, two whistleblower lawsuits from ex-employees accuse him of retaliation.

Trump administration officials have closed a $1.6 billion loan promising big savings for DTE Energy natural gas customers in Michigan, while billions more in prospective Biden-era commitments supporting clean energy have stalled.

LANSING, MI - Squeezed by rising energy costs, Michiganders could save millions if profits for utility companies were held in check, Democratic lawmakers argue.