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The Michigan Public Service Commission reduced the utility company's requested rate hike by 88%.

Consumers had originally asked for permission to add a total of $278 million in additional charges to customers. The settlement brings that number down to $170 million. The average Consumers residential customer will see rates increase by 5.8%.

President Trump made energy a top priority on his first day in office, declaring a national emergency – which no president has ever done before. The implications aren't clear.

Consumers Energy, a public utility company providing power to 6.7 million Michigan residents, has said it may keep its coal-reliant plants open, a possible reversal from previous plans to close them by 2025.

Consumers Energy has sued more than 100 school districts, social service agencies, and townships in Tuscola County to claw back tax revenue in a dispute over the value of wind turbines.

Consumers Energy says improvements in its tree-trimming program as well as use of technology enabled it to restore power within 24 hours to nearly all 90,000 people affected by a recent storm.

Consumers Energy will supply renewable electricity to power GM plants in Flint, Burton, and Wyoming.

Consumers Energy says it will need from 60,000 to 70,000 acres of land to achieve its planned rollout of 8,000 megawatts of electricity from solar by 2040.

The Michigan Public Service Commission will be reviewing Consumers Energy's 15 year plan. Environmental justice advocates say they're happy the plan shuts down coal burning plants, but doesn't like the move to buy natural gas powered plants.