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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says an order for a 2.8% increase in Consumers Energy electricity rates for customers could have been worse, but she's still unhappy given the utility's poor record of reliability.

Consumer prices in March were up 3.3% from a year ago, the biggest annual increase in nearly two years. Higher gasoline prices tied to the war with Iran accounted for much of the surge.

Federal officials say a company that operates hundreds of landing pages for AI answers is running an operation that has duped thousands of users, who were unable to stop costly monthly charges.

Consumers Energy says it will have 400 MW of battery energy storage once a new Washtenaw County electric battery storage facility is operational in 2027.

An annual summer energy appraisal by the Michigan Public Service Commission says high gas and diesel prices aren't going away soon, due to "geopolitical pressures," especially the war against Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Recent conflicts in the region have either spared energy infrastructure or caused limited damage. That isn't the case in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.

The Michigan Senate's Democratic majority passed a resolution urging the Trump administration to reverse moves it says have caused energy costs to spike, like starting a war with Iran and rolling back clean energy policies.

Consumers Energy had planned to shutter the JH Campbell complex for good at the end of May. But eight days before that, the U.S. Department of Energy ordered it to remain open for at least 90 more days, citing a law that allows the federal government to mandate power production in emergency situations.

Cuba is preparing to receive its first shipment of Russian oil this year, just days after the government announced it was operating on natural gas, solar power and thermoelectric plants as severe power outages continue to hit it.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer criticized tariffs and encouraged cooperation with trade partners during a Detroit Auto Show speech Thursday.