Over 700-thousand customers of DTE and Consumers Energy lost power in an ice storm earlier this year. There’s since been a public outcry for state leaders to hold the power companies accountable. That pressure ratchets up as DTE faces scrutiny for its political spending. 

We examine the relationship between the investor-owned utilities and state lawmakers. Plus one Democrat in the State House shares what he wants accountability from DTE to look like.

GUESTS:

• Craig Mauger, state politics reporter, The Detroit News
• Abraham Aiyash, Michigan State Representative, 9th House District 

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