AG ​Nessel filed a motion before the Michigan Public Service Commission to reopen the matter of DTE’s application for approval of two special contracts (PDF) to service an anticipated hyperscale AI data center in Saline Township, citing DTE’s failure to fully agree to conditions meant to protect its customers from subsidizing the costs to service the data center. The AG asserts the matter must be reopened and subjected to a contested case proceeding because DTE failed to accept the Commission’s conditions; that DTE’s response does not reflect the requirements of the Commission’s order and instead serves as a counterproposal, offering weaker protection for existing DTE customers. Attorney General Nessel discussed the matter in a video released today.  

“The Commission ordered a mere written representation from DTE that its existing customers would not subsidize the costs to serve this massive data center, and DTE failed to even meet that low bar. Because DTE did not accept the conditions as ordered by the Commission, by the Commission’s own order this should proceed to a contested case proceeding, as I have long advocated for. These contracts are simply too consequential for the future of energy affordability in Michigan to keep granting fast-track secret review and approvals to untrustworthy partners like DTE, Oracle, and OpenAI.” – AG Nessel