A Day at the Michigan PSC
Implementing 2016 Energy Law
Conversations with the three commissioners, state senate energy & technology committee Chair, and 16 staff members.
Law & Lawyers
Michigan PSC: Sally Talberg
Chair
“We are trying to ensure timely replacement of infrastructure and prepare for the future, but also keep rates affordable.”
Michigan PSC: Norm Saari
Commissioner
“There’s a renaissance, both literally and figuratively, that’s going on in downtown Detroit. It’s making DTE Energy rebuild its system.”
Michigan PSC: Rachael Eubanks
Commissioner
“When people get here they are involved, and they’re personally relevant in shaping the energy future.”
Michigan State Senator Mike Nofs
Chair of Energy and Technology Committee
In the end, you’re going to pick winners and losers. If the process is fair, they’ll say, we had our shot.
Michigan PSC: Electric Generation Infrastructure
Julie Baldwin, Cathy Cole, and Pat Poli
“We want to make sure that everyone who works on the rate cases are going to be prepared..”
Michigan PSC: Electric Distribution Infrastructure
Pat Hudson and Ryan Laruwe
“The long-term goal is to integrate more of the distribution plans, the IRPs, and the transmission expansion planning that goes on separately and bring them all together.”
Michigan PSC: Natural Gas Infrastructure
“We inspect every pipeline operator every five years.”
Dave Chislea, Cindy Creisher, Nathan Miller, Brian Ballinger and Tim Wolf.
Michigan PSC: Broadband Infrastructure
Robin Ancona, Eric Frederick, and Sean Kelly
MPSC-affiliated Connect Michigan facilitates expansion of broadband in Michigan.
Michigan PSC: The Next Generation
Lauren Fromm, Daniel Gottschalk, Derrell Slaughter
“The continued rise of consumer-related technology is going to increase time-of-use rates.”