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Ann Arbor's experiment with a new kind of utility

Ann Arbor's experiment with a new kind of utility

Volts

July 23, 20251h 5m

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Show Notes

Ann Arbor voted to create a parallel, municipal electric utility that offers only distributed renewables, and Missy Stults is the woman making it real. We explore the nuts and bolts: buying existing solar for seed revenue, building microgrids in a city still served by DTE, and why DTE is — so far — more curious than threatened. If it works, the SEU could become the blueprint for every climate-ambitious town trapped in IOU territory.



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