Consumers Energy files $436M rate hike request

Consumers Energy files $436M rate hike request

Overview: Consumers Energy requests $436 million rate increase that would amount to a 13.3% hike for residential customers. The request comes at a time when federal energy assistance funding for low-income households is targeted for elimination by the Trump administration. “In a troubling continuation of the patterns we see before the MPSC from both Consumers Energy and DTE, this is at least among the largest rate hikes Consumers has ever reque…