Greg

My public comment to the washtenaw county commission regarding the police torturing my neighbor who was experiencing a mental health crises with tear gas, flash bangs, sonic weapons, a fire hose, and an armored crane which partially demolished his home with an armored crane.

This has to be the end of his presidency right?

Not only do they become obsolete quickly, these chips are specially designed for large language model algorithms. Which means if the AI bubble does burst they’re going to be effectively worthless. It’s a big game of hot potato

This is why some energy wonks are working so hard with the real estate developers to bring the data centers online. There isn't some natural pent up demand for the digital services but there is a lot of money riding on *looking* like there is. Don't the chips become obsolete pretty quickly..?

A new utility would also have zero guaranteed income, making it very difficult to raise the capital for the project and even harder to pay it off. Building a new utility is on its face a ridiculous proposal, which is why it hasn’t been studied.

We could build entirely duplicative infrastructure, it’s just not economically feasible. Alex above is right that there hasn’t been a study on it directly, but it doesn’t take a study to know that building new is more expensive than buying used.

What this means is that if Ann Arbor wants to use a utility other than DTE (which has the 4th dirtiest energy mix in the country, 2nd worst reliability, and 21% higher bills than the national average) our only option is to create our own public electric utility.

Nearly every municipality in Michigan has an exclusive and perpetual franchise agreement with their energy utility. However the exclusivity does not apply to the municipality itself, under the home rule city act a municipality always has the right to run its own power utility.

The SEU is a great stop gap measure that could add more solar capacity to the city, but it has no hope or stated ambitions of servicing 100% of the city’s demand. If we want to reach 100% renewable power, the only legally and financially feasible route is through acquisition.

If we were to just build all new infrastructure we’d need to compete for customers, and we wouldn’t be able to make rates competitive. The start up capital is too large to do that, and it wouldn’t be a financially feasible project. Municipalization by acquisition has been shown to be feasible

Building a greenfield utility is an extremely difficult and unrealistic prospect. It’s important to remember we’re not just acquiring infrastructure, we’re acquiring customers. The customers the utility acquires pays for the cost of acquisition.

A long critical email is a very old person thing to do

It is not in the interest of DTE to produce a legitimate valuation of their assets. The city should not take their feasibility study at face value. Ann Arbor residents I hope you’re paying close attention. You should control your electric bills, not an investor owned utility like DTE.

too bad Council couldn’t see this as the necessary investment in independent control and community resilience that it truly is… disappointed Ann Arbor!

Council tonight voted to face an onslaught on our public institutions and complete abandonment of our climate obligations at the federal level with submission. This type of cowardice will be remembered

We’re here to support public power!

Packed house tonight at #a2council in support of public power!

Ann Arbor City Council is considering two resolutions that will set up public power to be on the ballot in 2026. You are needed to convince the city council that now is the time to take bold action against corporate control and towards a green and democratic future! The rally is Monday March 3rd at 6:30pm outside Ann Arbor City Hall and then you can help fill the council chambers at 7pm where they'll be deciding on the future of public power.

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Rally for Public Power: Tell City Council you’re tired of DTE corporate control⚡️Public power resolutions are up for a City Council vote. Rally together at City Hall this Monday, March 3rd @ 6:30pm before filling the Council Chambers @ 7pm 🙌 Bring your friends, family and neighbors to ditch DTE 🏡

Ann Arbor City Council is considering two resolutions that will set up public power to be on the ballot in 2026. You are needed to convince the city council that now is the time to take bold action against corporate control and towards a green and democratic future! The rally is Monday March 3rd at 6:30pm outside Ann Arbor City Hall and then you can help fill the council chambers at 7pm where they'll be deciding on the future of public power.

Angry about the state of the world?

Want to do actually do something to resist corporate control of our entire lives?

This rally is your chance to make a real impact!

RSVP Here: forms.gle/zMVm4VuHFPrZ...

I’m about to get a lot more annoying on here about #a2council. You’ve been warned.

Doing or not doing anything because of what the federal govt might or might not do is a perfect stage set for further disaster in Ann Arbor. You can’t let Trump scare off any progress at all

Something about this feels a little familiar www.metrotimes.com/news/dte-ene...

Two anti-public power speakers spoke at Ann Arbor City Council tonight, presenting as simple concerned citizens. Sat in different places in the audience, but strangely left together and were reading from memos in the same format

Best thing about WCC fitness is not having to watch Fox News while I’m on the treadmill