Renewable, Reliable, Responsible Electricity for Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor for Public Power is an organization of local residents advocating for a 100% renewable, public-owned electric utility for our city. Join us in the fight for a cleaner, more affordable future for Ann Arbor!

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This year, A2P2 joined 2024 Ann Arbor Jaycees Fourth of July parade to advocate for our goal of a public-owned electric utility. Want to get involved in similar events? Fill out our volunteer form.

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At our annual Earth Day celebration, we asked members why they support public power in Ann Arbor. Check back for more videos coming soon!

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News

Michigan Senator Sue Shink endorses A2P2

Survey shows Ann Arbor’s reliance on DTE will significantly delay city’s carbon neutrality goal

9/13/2024 – WEMU, Kevin Meerschaert

*A2P2 Note* The “municipal electric utility” mentioned in the last paragraph of the article is NOT referring to a full MEU but the city’s proposed Sustainable Energy Utility.

“The group Ann Arbor for Public Power says, as long as the city continues to use DTE as its power utility, it won’t come close to reaching its goal of carbon neutrality by 2030.

As part of the A2Zero action plan, every year, the City of Ann Arbor conducts a Greenhouse Gas Inventory to track its progress. A2P2 says, looking at the numbers, it will be decades before the city reaches its goal.”

Ann Arbor’s Public Pathway to Reliable Power — Episode 207 of Local Energy Rules

4/24/2024 – Institute for Local Self Reliance

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell is joined by Gregory Woodring, the president and founder of Ann Arbor for Public Power. They discuss the ways that investor-owned utility DTE Energy has failed Ann Arbor customers and how the city could take over and provide better service.

Click here to listen to the podcast episode on the ILSR website.

DTE tells investors that fossil fuels are the future

4/27/24 – Ann Arbor for Public Power

In DTE’s April 25 “earnings call” for investors, DTE Energy CEO Jerry Norcia doubled down on fossil fuels. In 2022, DTE replaced its St. Clair coal plant with fossil gas, and it plans to convert the Belle River coal plant to gas by 2028. As for the massive Monroe coal plant, which DTE has agreed to close in 2032: “what we’re pursuing there is current technology, where we can use natural gas with carbon capture and storage.” That seems to be the plan beyond 2032, too. “The growth [in power] demand that we’re looking at, like data centers [for AI], are 24 by 7 operations, that will need generation, and power, that cannot be interrupted,” Norcia said. “More 24 by 7 dispatchable generation.”

Read the rest of the article here.

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