Thursday, September 15, 2022

Pushing EVs on us as the grid system collapses!-----Michigan Public Service Commission: Power grid unreliable, distribution plans insufficient

Michigan Public Service Commission: Power grid unreliable, distribution plans insufficient
"Michigan utility companies struggle to deliver reliable energy.
  • “A core focus of distribution planning is on reliability, and current approaches to distribution planning, the Commission finds, are insufficient to address issues impacting the reliability of utility service to customers—whether current issues or those forecasted for the future. Put bluntly, Michigan’s distribution reliability is inadequate, and current plans for improvements are insufficient.”
So wrote the Michigan Public Service Commission last week, in an 83-page report offering feedback on the September 2021 distribution plans offered by DTE Energy, Consumers Energy, and Indiana & Michigan Power Company.
“It is also clear,” the commission wrote, “that Michigan utility distribution grids are not as well positioned as necessary for the growth of (electric vehicles) and other DERs (distributed energy resources).”..."

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