Michigan Supreme Court is asked to block money-out-of-politics question

“The easiest and cheapest way for our opposition to stop our initiative to get money out of politics before facing Michigan voters at the ballot is by defeating us in court,” she said. “We are confident we are going to prevail and this is expected.”…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-08-06/michigan-supreme-court-is-asked-to-block-money-out-of-politics-question

 

Utilities are raising concerns about plug-in solar panels : NPR

German utilities expressed many of the same concerns nearly a decade ago when plug-in solar started to become popular in Germany. But with more than a million systems installed, no safety incidents have been reported for customers who used the panels as instructed, according to a research paper funded by the U.S. Department of Energy...

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/12/nx-s1-5737287/solar-panels-utilities-energy-saving 

 

Michigan loophole makes it difficult to track utilities’ donations to politicians

Revelation comes as a first-in-the-nation citizen's ballot initiative to ban donations by utilities picks up 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/06/michigan-utilities-political-donations 

 

Opinion | How Utilities Use Money From Your Bills to Block Clean Energy - The New York Times

…around the country, utility companies are using their outsize political power to slow down the clean energy transition, and they are probably using your money to do it…

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/opinion/utility-bills-clean-energy.html

Exclusive: Investor group to pressure utilities on net zero emissions deadline | Reuters

A coalition of investors with more than $60 trillion in assets under management is preparing to call on electric utility companies globally to move up their timeline by as much as 15 years to bring their net greenhouse gas emissions to zero…

https://www.reuters.com/article/utilities-climate-exclusive-idUSKBN2H92JW