‘Utility redlining’: Detroit power outages disproportionally hit minority and low-income areas

DTE has generally disinvested in low-income and minority neighborhoods, and spends more resources on improving service in whiter, wealthier areas... So far, the company and its shareholders largely have not faced financial consequences, Koeppel said. 

 "If there's no connection between performance and profits, then DTE is going to keep making profits without improving performance," he said…

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2022/oct/06/detroit-power-outages-impact-minority-low-income-neighborhoods