DTE revised green pricing program gains approval in Michigan
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) last week approved a revision to DTE Electric Co.’s voluntary green pricing program, which it had been ordered to alter previously.
The program is meant to give residential and small commercial customers the ability to designate how much of their electricity use should be taken from renewable sources. However, the MPSC expressed concerns over a variety of matters, from the program’s cost, pricing transparency, customer options and enrollment cap, to a noted lack of expansion plans.
Those concerns have since been cleared up, the MPSC says. As a result, customers who want electricity generated from wind and solar will be able to join the program under a subscription fee of 7.2 cents per kilowatt hour. If they would prefer to utilize wind alone, they could do it for 2 cents per hour less. Additionally, caps have been eliminated and, when DTE’s program has reached a 75 percent subscription rate, more resources will be added.
DTE will have to note associated program costs to the commission every two years.
