DTE Front Group Launches Misinformation Campaign Against Grassroots Public Power Effort

DTE Energy has launched a massive misinformation campaign against public power. The new industry-funded front group “Ann Arbor Responsible Energy Coalition” started aggressive social media ads and paid canvassing last week. The campaign uses out-of-state donations to spread false conclusions from a DTE-funded study, wildly exaggerating the costs of municipalizing the local electric grid and attempting to mislead Ann Arbor voters during a pro-democratic, grassroots ballot initiative to establish a public power board.