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Ann Arbor Voters Approve Sustainable Energy Utility; Nearly 80% Vote ‘Yes’ on Prop A

Ann Arbor, MI, November 7, 2024 — The voters of Ann Arbor approved ‘Proposition A’ by over 79% on Tuesday, advancing the city’s plan for a local ‘Sustainable Energy Utility’ (SEU). The goals of the SEU include enabling the city to add renewable energy production and energy storage, share electricity across property lines, and implement energy efficiency upgrades to buildings. SEU subscribers would pay the city for renewable energy produced on their roof or their neighbor’s roof; that energy would supplement the dirty energy they receive from DTE Energy. The passage of the SEU is a step towards the full-scale public electricity envisioned by Ann Arbor for Public Power (A2P2).

“The SEU is a significant step in the right direction,” says Ann Arbor for Public Power President Greg Woodring, “We also know that it will not be enough to reach the city’s 2030 renewable energy goals, or to address our chronically unreliable power grid.” Replacing DTE with a publicly-owned electric utility is the only way for Ann Arbor to succeed in its A2Zero climate goals. “This mandate from city voters energizes our mission to dump DTE entirely. We plan to do everything in our power to ensure the SEU is implemented equitably and effectively, knowing that it does not go nearly as far as the current climate crisis demands.”

According to the 2023 “Renewable Energy Options” report commissioned by the city, the SEU has the potential to produce 10% of Ann Arbor’s power by 2035. In order for the city to begin ordering the renewable energy infrastructure that would comprise much of the Sustainable Energy Utility, there needs to be 20 MW of energy demand from interested members of the public, equivalent to about 16,000 average U.S. homes. According to the director of the city’s Office of Sustainability and Innovation, Missy Stults, “about 200” households are on the SEU waitlist so far.

Ann Arbor for Public Power (A2P2) is a coalition of citizens from local organizations who are dedicated to a clean and publicly owned energy future for Ann Arbor.

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Brian Geiringer
Executive Director – Ann Arbor for Public Power
734-330-3795
brian.geiringer@gmail.com

Greg Woodring
President – Ann Arbor for Public Power
231-288-7228
woodringg95@gmail.com

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