WUOMFMConsumers Energy is hoping to slash what it pays rooftop solar customers for the electricity they produce. The utility wants to compensate those customers 46% less for their electricity than what it currently charges. Margrethe Kearney is with the Environmental Law and Policy Center. She says rooftop solar customers are actually entitled to more, not less, than the utility's own rate. That's because rooftop solar electricity is used locally. "It keeps you [Consumers Energy] from having to send it [electricity] to my neighbor from some power station miles away, " says Kearney. "So it's...…WUOMFMConsumers Energy is hoping to slash what it pays rooftop solar customers for the electricity they produce. The utility wants to compensate those customers 46% less for their electricity than what it currently charges. Margrethe Kearney is with the Environmental Law and Policy Center. She says rooftop solar customers are actually entitled to more, not less, than the utility's own rate. That's because rooftop solar electricity is used locally. "It keeps you [Consumers Energy] from having to send it [electricity] to my neighbor from some power station miles away, " says Kearney. "So it's...WW…

© 2022 MICHIGAN RADIO91.7 Ann Arbor/Detroit 104.1 Grand Rapids91.3 Port Huron 89.7 Lansing 91.1 FlintPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsUpdated:  6/18/2020Sixty eight people have died of COVID-19 so far in Michigan prisons, according to the It's the second highest number of COVID-19 related deaths in a state prison system in the country, according to the non-profit , which is tracking the cases. Ohio is number one for COVID-19 related inmate deaths.Advocates for inmates and prison reform say it shows that Michigan is not working fast enough to reduce the prison population,...…© 2022 MICHIGAN RADIO91.7 Ann Arbor/Detroit 104.1 Grand Rapids91.3 Port Huron 89.7 Lansing 91.1 FlintPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsUpdated:  6/18/2020Sixty eight people have died of COVID-19 so far in Michigan prisons, according to the It's the second highest number of COVID-19 related deaths in a state prison system in the country, according to the non-profit , which is tracking the cases. Ohio is number one for COVID-19 related inmate deaths.Advocates for inmates and prison reform say it shows that Michigan is not working fast enough to reduce the prison population,...WW…

© 2022 MICHIGAN RADIO91.7 Ann Arbor/Detroit 104.1 Grand Rapids91.3 Port Huron 89.7 Lansing 91.1 FlintPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsMichigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is proposing statewide changes to policing oversight, to reduce excessive use of force incidents.She says the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards issues licenses for police, but needs more authority to take those licenses away."And I think it's one of the reasons why you see officers that have committed numerous acts of misconduct and they still have their license," says Nessel. "And also...…© 2022 MICHIGAN RADIO91.7 Ann Arbor/Detroit 104.1 Grand Rapids91.3 Port Huron 89.7 Lansing 91.1 FlintPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsMichigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is proposing statewide changes to policing oversight, to reduce excessive use of force incidents.She says the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards issues licenses for police, but needs more authority to take those licenses away."And I think it's one of the reasons why you see officers that have committed numerous acts of misconduct and they still have their license," says Nessel. "And also...WW…