[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 14, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H4464]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                           DTE POWER OUTAGES

  (Ms. TLAIB asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Speaker, shame on DTE. Shame on DTE for throwing swag 
bags to my residents after they went through 4 days without power. 
Shame on DTE for increasing our rates just a few months ago to $242 
million and then 2 months later ask us for another $474.3 million 
increase.
  Shame on you for allowing 400,000 of our families to be without 
power. We have the most unreliable service in the region, yet we pay 
the highest rates.
  Shame on them for throwing a $42 reimbursement for spoiled groceries 
and spoiled medicine, especially when grocery and drug prices have 
increased. We can't even rely on DTE to get us through the summer 
storms. This was a 20-minute storm.
  Shame on DTE for profiting off our pain.
  To my residents, I say: It doesn't have to be like this.
  The Michigan Public Service Commission needs to stop approving DTE 
rate increases and instead hold DTE accountable.
  I introduced the Make DTE Pay Act just for that.
  Make them pay for polluting our water and our air while hiking up our 
customer rates.

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