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Michigan utility DTE Energy says it will freeze rates for its entire customer base.
DTE Energy will freeze customer rates for two years if the Oracle-OpenAI data center launches on schedule.
KEY POINTS
- The data center must generate $300 million in additional revenue to keep Michigan power bills steady.
- Oracle just secured financing with Related Digital, Blackstone, and Pimco to fund the Michigan data center project.
- Michigan's Attorney General has appealed DTE's unreviewed data center contracts, questioning claimed affordability benefits.
- Community opposition, construction delays, and labor shortages could jeopardize the planned data center timeline.
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