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Michigan Regulators Approve $242.4 Million DTE Rate Increase, Effective March 2026

The order ties new spending to reliability gains with stricter transparency for outside costs.

Testimony Begins in FirstEnergy Bribery Trial as Judge Narrows What Jurors Can Hear

Peoples Gas Files $202 Million Rate Case Ahead of 11-Month ICC Review

Maryland PSC Halves BGE True-Up, Approves $77.2 Million With 2026 Bill Increase

Massachusetts DPU Opens Two-Phase Probe of Utility Delivery Charges and Billing

PJM and Data Center Groups Ask FERC To Toss Market Monitor’s Large‑Load Case

ICC Judges Recommend $110 Million Cut to Nicor Gas Rate Hike

Eversource Seeks 13% Winter Gas Hike as Healey Urges DPU to Push Back