Category: Defend Black Voters Coalition
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MPSC approves much smaller rate increase for DTE after activists pushed back: Panel OKs $30.6M increase, company asked for $388M hike
BY: ALLISON R. DONAHUE – NOVEMBER 21, 2022 12:18 PM, MICHIGAN ADVANCE The Michigan Public Service Commission authorized last week DTE Electric Co. to implement a $30.6 million rate increase effective Friday — but that’s significantly less than the company’s original request. In January, DTE Electric filed an application seeking a $388 million rate increase, but opponents in…
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SE Michigan residents blast utility rate hike proposal during Detroit public hearing
BY: KEN COLEMAN – AUGUST 23, 2022 6:36 AM, Michigan Advance For Qiana Davis, it’s a struggle to keep lights and gas on at her Virginia Park home in Detroit. “The [DTE] rates are untenable for anybody,” she said on Monday. “I don’t care how much you’re making. It’s just not feasible for anybody. Most people are living…
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Call to Action: MPSC Hearing
On August 22 at 5pm, Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) will hold a public hearing on the DTE Energy rate case! This is the FIRST TIME they have ever held this type of hearing! And they are doing it because the Defend Black Voters Coalition spoke out and showed up. Now you can help keep the pressure…
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Black activists protest voting restrictions by land, air and sea at Mackinac Conference
BY: ALLISON R. DONAHUE AND LAINA G. STEBBINS – JUNE 2, 2022 3:30 PM For a period of time on Tuesday, attendees ferrying to the Mackinac Island Policy Conference were confronted with a protest banner hung from the Round Island Passage Lighthouse: “Loepp, pledge to defend Black voters.” The banner drop, put up by the Defend Black Voters coalition and…
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Coalition calls for Michigan businesses to stop funding voter suppression
by Ken Coleman, Michigan AdvanceDecember 2, 2021 The Defend Black Voters Coalition on Thursday in Detroit called on Michigan companies to cut off funding to legislators who support what they described as “voter suppression legislation.” “These businesses have made statements supporting Black Lives Matter or opposing voter suppression,” said Jennifer Disla, Detroit Action co-executive director…