Nessel seeks to reopen DTE data center case citing the company's response to regulators’ conditions

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed a motion to reopen a case concerning DTE Energy’s contracts to supply power to a new data center, arguing that DTE’s response to regulatory conditions does not adequately guarantee that existing customers will not subsidize the data center’s costs. The Michigan Public Service Commission had conditionally approved the contracts, requiring DTE to ensure the data center’s payments cover all associated costs. Nessel contends that DTE’s conditional language about “aggregate revenues” over a 19-year period falls short of the immediate protection for existing customers that the commission intended.